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Site name Swanage 5, Studland Hill

Site number 1693

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4125 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a 1.5m deep grave in the barrow floor filled with carefully packed lumps of chalk covering an inhumation laid on its left side, head to N, tightly crouched of a person c1.95m in height. It was accompanied by a piece of the antler of an old stag which had been cut. There were several pieces of antler in the chalk fill.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SZ

X coordinate 40

Y coordinate 813

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Swanage 5, Studland Hill
Site number	1693
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4042 4046 4051 4065 4071 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4125 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a 1.5m deep grave in the barrow floor filled with carefully packed lumps of chalk covering an inhumation laid on its left side, head to N, tightly crouched of a person c1.95m in height. It was accompanied by a piece of the antler of an old stag which had been cut. There were several pieces of antler in the chalk fill.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SZ
X coordinate	40
Y coordinate	813
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959