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Site name Litton Cheney 14

Site number 1597

Burial codes 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3083 3085 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow containing a primary cremation with Late Bronze Age potsherds 'which had evidently been burnt after breaking'. There was a secondary or subsequent primary cremation in a bucket urn set upright.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 962

Y coordinate 111

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Litton Cheney 14
Site number	1597
Burial codes	3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3083 3085 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow containing a primary cremation with Late Bronze Age potsherds 'which had evidently been burnt after breaking'. There was a secondary or subsequent primary cremation in a bucket urn set upright.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	962
Y coordinate	111
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1959