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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 Wimborne St Giles 17

Site number 773

Burial codes 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3162 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A disc barrow with a very large inverted (?)barrel urn in a chalk cut pit, containing a cremation in a linen bag or cloth. Above this interment was a very large quantity of ashes and charred wood. Immediately below the turf was an unaccompanied cremation.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 17

Y coordinate 171

Bibliographic source Hoare 1812, Warne 1866

Query

Site name	Wimborne St Giles 17
Site number	773
Burial codes	3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3081 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3162 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A disc barrow with a very large inverted (?)barrel urn in a chalk cut pit, containing a cremation in a linen bag or cloth. Above this interment was a very large quantity of ashes and charred wood. Immediately below the turf was an unaccompanied cremation.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	17
Y coordinate	171
Bibliographic source	Hoare 1812, Warne 1866