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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 Woodsford 1a

Site number 1679

Burial codes 3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3045 3051 3065 3075 3081 3083 3091 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3151 3152 3161 3173 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow covering at the centre 12 urns set both upright and inverted on the old ground surface, and containing cremations in small quantities. They were mostly plain and upright in shape (bucket type?), but 3-4 were rudely indented, or ornamented with the chevron pattern.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 776

Y coordinate 895

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Woodsford 1a
Site number	1679
Burial codes	3002 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3045 3051 3065 3075 3081 3083 3091 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3151 3152 3161 3173 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow covering at the centre 12 urns set both upright and inverted on the old ground surface, and containing cremations in small quantities. They were mostly plain and upright in shape (bucket type?), but 3-4 were rudely indented, or ornamented with the chevron pattern.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	776
Y coordinate	895
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959