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Site name Hengistbury Head Barrow 12
Site number 942
Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4161 4169 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with mound of sand and flint pebbles covered by a layer of peaty mould mixed with some sand, containing a secondary series collared urn with a cremation set upright in the barrow floor more or less centrally in the mound. It was surrounded with a black material, possibly burnt sandy mould mixed with considerable traces of charcoal. The inside was coated with well preserved sphagnum moss.
Remains/Period Y4
County Dorset
Region S
National grid square SZ
X coordinate 170
Y coordinate 908
Bibliographic source Cunliffe 1987


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