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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 Tyneham 14a, Povington Barrow

Site number 756

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3154 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow not excavated but at the edge was found an upright biconical bucket urn containing a cremation. It was covered by a small cairn of flints over which turves had been placed.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 880

Y coordinate 821

Bibliographic source Frend 1949

Query

Site name	Tyneham 14a, Povington Barrow
Site number	756
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3154 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow not excavated but at the edge was found an upright biconical bucket urn containing a cremation. It was covered by a small cairn of flints over which turves had been placed.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	880
Y coordinate	821
Bibliographic source	Frend 1949