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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 8, Worgret Hill

Site number 654

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181 4200

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow of slightly oval shape with a primary turf stack covered by a gravel capping. Burial pit II was central, its base lined with charcoal and burnt flints, sealed by ash and black soil, the top filled with ash, charcoal, and burnt flints spilling over the edges. A layer of fine gravel covered this and a turf was placed on top. An inverted urn stood on this turf, of biconical form, covering a cremation. Burial pit I was just to the south south east of Burial pit II. It was straight sided and contained a primary cremation under an inverted urn with two lugs. Both urns contained black sooty earth but no bone.

RC: from primary cremation in pit 1 with upright bucket urn beneath barrow NPL-199 1740 +/- 90, and from the cremation in the bucket urn in pit II NPL-74 1380 +/- 90

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 900

Y coordinate 871

Bibliographic source Wainwright 1965b

Query

Site name	Arne 8, Worgret Hill
Site number	654
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4045 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4153 4161 4181 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow of slightly oval shape with a primary turf stack covered by a gravel capping. Burial pit II was central, its base lined with charcoal and burnt flints, sealed by ash and black soil, the top filled with ash, charcoal, and burnt flints spilling over the edges. A layer of fine gravel covered this and a turf was placed on top. An inverted urn stood on this turf, of biconical form, covering a cremation. Burial pit I was just to the south south east of Burial pit II. It was straight sided and contained a primary cremation under an inverted urn with two lugs. Both urns contained black sooty earth but no bone. RC: from primary cremation in pit 1 with upright bucket urn beneath barrow NPL-199 1740 +/- 90, and from the cremation in the bucket urn in pit II NPL-74 1380 +/- 90
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	900
Y coordinate	871
Bibliographic source	Wainwright 1965b