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 Bere Regis 46c

Site number 1578

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3082 3084 3093 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow with a central chalk cut pit containing a biconical urn on its side, another biconical knobbed urn and burnt bones. There were 4 other urns in the upper layers of the mound on the south side, but not identifiable.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 823

Y coordinate 967

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1959, Calkin 1966

Query

Site name	Bere Regis 46c
Site number	1578
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3082 3084 3093 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow with a central chalk cut pit containing a biconical urn on its side, another biconical knobbed urn and burnt bones. There were 4 other urns in the upper layers of the mound on the south side, but not identifiable.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	823
Y coordinate	967
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1959, Calkin 1966