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Site name Bincombe 15, Bincombe Down

Site number 666

Burial codes 4005 4007 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4108 4109 4110 4111 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4154 4156 4158 4166 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a central primary cist grave, containing a contracted skeleton with a necked Beaker, and a satellite grave 0.75m long with a contracted infant inhumation. These were covered by a large cairn with six stratified secondary inhumations. The first was a crouched burial with a food vessel in a very deep shaft grave which re-used the slabs of the primary cist. The second disturbed the first, and was a slightly contracted inhumation with a food vessel in a slab-lined grave. The third was a slightly contracted inhumation with a 'Wessex' vase support; this was in a grave pit and above it was the fourth, in the same grave. The fifth inhumation was contracted under a wooden slat. The sixth, in a grave, was a contracted skeleton of a child. The cairn was covered by a turf stack, and capped with chalk. The barrow was built on a Neolithic occupation site.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 675

Y coordinate 858

Bibliographic source Best 1964, Grinsell 1982a

Query

Site name	Bincombe 15, Bincombe Down
Site number	666
Burial codes	4005 4007 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4108 4109 4110 4111 4128 4129 4143 4152 4153 4154 4156 4158 4166 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a central primary cist grave, containing a contracted skeleton with a necked Beaker, and a satellite grave 0.75m long with a contracted infant inhumation. These were covered by a large cairn with six stratified secondary inhumations. The first was a crouched burial with a food vessel in a very deep shaft grave which re-used the slabs of the primary cist. The second disturbed the first, and was a slightly contracted inhumation with a food vessel in a slab-lined grave. The third was a slightly contracted inhumation with a 'Wessex' vase support; this was in a grave pit and above it was the fourth, in the same grave. The fifth inhumation was contracted under a wooden slat. The sixth, in a grave, was a contracted skeleton of a child. The cairn was covered by a turf stack, and capped with chalk. The barrow was built on a Neolithic occupation site.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	675
Y coordinate	858
Bibliographic source	Best 1964, Grinsell 1982a