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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Perry's Pit, West Knighton

Site number 1587

Burial codes 3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3091 3097 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3160 3161 3173 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc An urnfield of some size near the northern edge of a gravel pit, of at least 20-30 urns of Late Bronze Age type, placed upright and close together. About 27m away was a mass of ashes.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 745

Y coordinate 892

Bibliographic source Farrar 1954b

Query

Site name	Perry's Pit, West Knighton
Site number	1587
Burial codes	3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3091 3097 3104 3111 3128 3143 3153 3160 3161 3173 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	An urnfield of some size near the northern edge of a gravel pit, of at least 20-30 urns of Late Bronze Age type, placed upright and close together. About 27m away was a mass of ashes.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	745
Y coordinate	892
Bibliographic source	Farrar 1954b