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Site name Dewlish 8

Site number 683

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4123 4143 4152 4153 4154 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A cone shaped mound of stiff earth interlaid with charcoal. At the base was a fragmented urn packed in a cairn of flints which covered a pit dug into the old ground surface. The pit was full of calcined bones and ash, amongst which was a pointille decorated grooved dagger with 2 rivets, encased in its original leather sheath.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 783

Y coordinate 965

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Dewlish 8
Site number	683
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4123 4143 4152 4153 4154 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A cone shaped mound of stiff earth interlaid with charcoal. At the base was a fragmented urn packed in a cairn of flints which covered a pit dug into the old ground surface. The pit was full of calcined bones and ash, amongst which was a pointille decorated grooved dagger with 2 rivets, encased in its original leather sheath.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	783
Y coordinate	965
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959