Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

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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 Dewlish 1

Site number 1572

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow with a base formed by a slightly concave layer of sand and gravel overlaid with a thin seam of loam and sand. Above this was a sand layer c1.2m thick covered then with loam. A small 4-knobbed bucket urn was the sole deposit, set on the south east side between the centre and the mound edge, on a large flat Purbeck slab 0.3m square, mouth upwards, and containing burnt bone and ashes.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 786

Y coordinate 974

Bibliographic source Mansel-Pleydell 1882, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Dewlish 1
Site number	1572
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3083 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow with a base formed by a slightly concave layer of sand and gravel overlaid with a thin seam of loam and sand. Above this was a sand layer c1.2m thick covered then with loam. A small 4-knobbed bucket urn was the sole deposit, set on the south east side between the centre and the mound edge, on a large flat Purbeck slab 0.3m square, mouth upwards, and containing burnt bone and ashes.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	786
Y coordinate	974
Bibliographic source	Mansel-Pleydell 1882, Grinsell 1959