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Site name Chaldon Herring 6d

Site number 675

Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4125 4143 4152 4166 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a deep dug narrow pit or shaft containing the inhumation of two adults in a sitting position. Each shoulder had a stag antler placed upon it.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 791

Y coordinate 842

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Chaldon Herring 6d
Site number	675
Burial codes	4002 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4125 4143 4152 4166 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a deep dug narrow pit or shaft containing the inhumation of two adults in a sitting position. Each shoulder had a stag antler placed upon it.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	791
Y coordinate	842
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959