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Site name Tarrant Hinton 20b, Blandford Race Course

Site number 1686

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4053 4065 4071 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4152 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a central crouched inhumation, head to N, with close by the neck a Beaker of A type. Just east of the body a shaft had been sunk in which many pieces of bone were mingled with chalk and black earth.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 922

Y coordinate 940

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Tarrant Hinton 20b, Blandford Race Course
Site number	1686
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4053 4065 4071 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4152 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a central crouched inhumation, head to N, with close by the neck a Beaker of A type. Just east of the body a shaft had been sunk in which many pieces of bone were mingled with chalk and black earth.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	922
Y coordinate	940
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959