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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 Butcombe 2, Bicknell Farm

Site number 1393

Burial codes 2001 2005 2021 2023 2025 2028 2030 2035 2041 2045 2051 2065 2075 2084 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2152 2154 2181

8/700bc-100bc A round barrow with Iron Age sherds in the turfline on which it was built, and covering a central cairn which contained a trace of charcoal and a sliver of bone.

Remains/Period Y2

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 516

Y coordinate 627

Bibliographic source Rahtz and Rahtz 1958, Grinsell 1971

Query

Site name	Butcombe 2, Bicknell Farm
Site number	1393
Burial codes	2001 2005 2021 2023 2025 2028 2030 2035 2041 2045 2051 2065 2075 2084 2098 2104 2111 2128 2143 2152 2154 2181
8/700bc-100bc	A round barrow with Iron Age sherds in the turfline on which it was built, and covering a central cairn which contained a trace of charcoal and a sliver of bone.
Remains/Period	Y2
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	516
Y coordinate	627
Bibliographic source	Rahtz and Rahtz 1958, Grinsell 1971