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Site name Poole 37, Knighton Heath

Site number 738

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4033 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4141 4152 4153 4181 4200

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with a central grave containing the remnant of a cremation, and a ditch with a causeway at the south east. A turf sod mound covered the central pit, and a sand and gravel casing. There were two lines of stake holes up to the causeway, stake and post holes at the lip of the causeway, and a post hole circle around the ditch inner edge. The edge of the sod mound approximately coincided with a stake hole ring, and other stake holes roughly followed the east edge of the central grave. These various holes may have been used to mark out the structure, to site a temporary screen, to site a lean-to structure and to site a ring fence, entrance and barrier.

RC: charcoal from circle of widely spaced timbers GrN-1684 1260 +/-50

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SZ

X coordinate 57

Y coordinate 944

Bibliographic source Farrar 1949, Case 1952

Query

Site name	Poole 37, Knighton Heath
Site number	738
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4033 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4141 4152 4153 4181 4200
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with a central grave containing the remnant of a cremation, and a ditch with a causeway at the south east. A turf sod mound covered the central pit, and a sand and gravel casing. There were two lines of stake holes up to the causeway, stake and post holes at the lip of the causeway, and a post hole circle around the ditch inner edge. The edge of the sod mound approximately coincided with a stake hole ring, and other stake holes roughly followed the east edge of the central grave. These various holes may have been used to mark out the structure, to site a temporary screen, to site a lean-to structure and to site a ring fence, entrance and barrier. RC: charcoal from circle of widely spaced timbers GrN-1684 1260 +/-50
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SZ
X coordinate	57
Y coordinate	944
Bibliographic source	Farrar 1949, Case 1952