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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 Pentridge 23, Oakley Down

Site number 1346

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4141 4152 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A round barrow with the central burial excavated in 1804 (Cunnington) from which urn sherds survived, and in the north part of the barrow a secondary cremation with an associated pyre stake. In the south east ditch sector there was a rectangular structure of 4 post holes which may have been the remains of a bridge over the ditch.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SU

X coordinate 15

Y coordinate 169

Bibliographic source White 1969c

Query

Site name	Pentridge 23, Oakley Down
Site number	1346
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4093 4098 4104 4111 4128 4141 4152 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A round barrow with the central burial excavated in 1804 (Cunnington) from which urn sherds survived, and in the north part of the barrow a secondary cremation with an associated pyre stake. In the south east ditch sector there was a rectangular structure of 4 post holes which may have been the remains of a bridge over the ditch.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SU
X coordinate	15
Y coordinate	169
Bibliographic source	White 1969c