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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 Niton 3, Head Down, Isle of Wight

Site number 831

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4029 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4102 4108 4124 4143 4151 4152 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bell barrow with a mound of imported fine yellow sand covering a central interment of a collared urn, inverted on the old land surface, and containing the burnt bones of a young female and some charcoal pieces. An unburnt flint flake was among the rim fragments.

Remains/Period Y4

County Hampshire

Region S

National grid square SZ

X coordinate 502

Y coordinate 775

Bibliographic source Dunning 1932b, 1951

Query

Site name	Niton 3, Head Down, Isle of Wight
Site number	831
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4029 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4091 4098 4102 4108 4124 4143 4151 4152 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bell barrow with a mound of imported fine yellow sand covering a central interment of a collared urn, inverted on the old land surface, and containing the burnt bones of a young female and some charcoal pieces. An unburnt flint flake was among the rim fragments.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Hampshire
Region	S
National grid square	SZ
X coordinate	502
Y coordinate	775
Bibliographic source	Dunning 1932b, 1951