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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 Bere Regis 8a, Bere Down

Site number 657

Burial codes 4005 4009 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4108 4111 4128 4130 4143 4152 4153 4154 4161 4181 3001 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with near the centre two collared urns in juxtaposition packed about with flints, one containing a circular piece of green sandstone. These were beneath a large quantity of burnt bones and ashes (charred wood and black clayey mould). At a higher level were three small heapings of flints covering small deposits of burnt bone and ashes; and a flint cairn covering the crouched burial of a young person.

14/1300bc-8/700bc A (?)secondary urned cremation possibly of the Late Bronze Age was higher in the mound. The urn was large and decorated with three knobs.

Remains/Period Y4 Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 843

Y coordinate 968

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Bere Regis 8a, Bere Down
Site number	657
Burial codes	4005 4009 4022 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4065 4075 4084 4092 4098 4104 4108 4111 4128 4130 4143 4152 4153 4154 4161 4181 3001 3005 3022 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with near the centre two collared urns in juxtaposition packed about with flints, one containing a circular piece of green sandstone. These were beneath a large quantity of burnt bones and ashes (charred wood and black clayey mould). At a higher level were three small heapings of flints covering small deposits of burnt bone and ashes; and a flint cairn covering the crouched burial of a young person.
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A (?)secondary urned cremation possibly of the Late Bronze Age was higher in the mound. The urn was large and decorated with three knobs.
Remains/Period	Y4 Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	843
Y coordinate	968
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959