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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 Arne 19, King Barrow

Site number 653

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4072 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4123 4129 4143 4152 4163 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a central primary inhumation in a hollowed tree trunk coffin of oak 3m x 1.2m oriented SE, containing an adult possibly headless, wrapped in sewn deer skins, with an oak (or shale?) cup of lathe turned wood near the head end at the SE. There was also a piece of 'gold lace' c10cm x 7cm. The barrow mound was made of turf layers.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 920

Y coordinate 857

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Kirwan 1867-8, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Arne 19, King Barrow
Site number	653
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4072 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4123 4129 4143 4152 4163 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a central primary inhumation in a hollowed tree trunk coffin of oak 3m x 1.2m oriented SE, containing an adult possibly headless, wrapped in sewn deer skins, with an oak (or shale?) cup of lathe turned wood near the head end at the SE. There was also a piece of 'gold lace' c10cm x 7cm. The barrow mound was made of turf layers.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	920
Y coordinate	857
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Kirwan 1867-8, Grinsell 1959