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Site name Beaulieu IV

Site number 802

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4024 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4082 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4169 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with an inner mound and ditch overlaid by another. The inner mound was of turf covered with gravelly clay. A petit tranchet derivative arrow head was found in the mound. The primary burial was a cremation in a circular pit accompanied by a food vessel on its side. More than one person could have been represented. The outer mound was of turf overlaid by ditch material. A cremation that it covered had been inserted into the top of the inner mound. It was packed in moss.

Remains/Period Y4

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 350

Y coordinate 15

Bibliographic source Piggott 1943

Query

Site name	Beaulieu IV
Site number	802
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4024 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4082 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4152 4169 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with an inner mound and ditch overlaid by another. The inner mound was of turf covered with gravelly clay. A petit tranchet derivative arrow head was found in the mound. The primary burial was a cremation in a circular pit accompanied by a food vessel on its side. More than one person could have been represented. The outer mound was of turf overlaid by ditch material. A cremation that it covered had been inserted into the top of the inner mound. It was packed in moss.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	350
Y coordinate	15
Bibliographic source	Piggott 1943