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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 Weymouth 23, Sutton Down

Site number 1610

Burial codes 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3083 3091 3098 3104 3111 3126 3128 3143 3152 3160 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow with a central primary(?) deposit of burnt bones with a large quantity of ashes c1.2m in diameter c0.9m high, the remains of a funeral pyre. Above this was the skeleton of a dog, and just above the dog, a Middle Bronze Age/Late Bronze Age hybrid 'Cornish' handled urn, probably upright, containing a secondary deposit of burnt bones.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 708

Y coordinate 848

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Weymouth 23, Sutton Down
Site number	1610
Burial codes	3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3083 3091 3098 3104 3111 3126 3128 3143 3152 3160 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow with a central primary(?) deposit of burnt bones with a large quantity of ashes c1.2m in diameter c0.9m high, the remains of a funeral pyre. Above this was the skeleton of a dog, and just above the dog, a Middle Bronze Age/Late Bronze Age hybrid 'Cornish' handled urn, probably upright, containing a secondary deposit of burnt bones.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	708
Y coordinate	848
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959