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Site name Corfe Castle 23, The Afflington Barrow

Site number 680

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4065 4071 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4156 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with 3.6m to the south of centre a large deposit of pounded burnt bones set upon a layer of decayed vegetable substance (wood or bark). A shale ring, an oval greenstone, and a chalk flint were found near the centre also on the floor. The whole barrow floor showed extensive traces of burning, which were repeated at a level halfway between the barrow floor and apex. Higher in the mound was a stone lined cist containing a crouched inhumation on its left side, head to NW. Flint chippings and round pebbles were prevalent throughout the mound. [There were intrusive Romano-British burials in 7 cist graves 0.6m below the top of the barrow on the south side and in other locations].

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 968

Y coordinate 788

Bibliographic source Warne 1866, Mansel-Pleydell 1882, Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Corfe Castle 23, The Afflington Barrow
Site number	680
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4043 4047 4051 4065 4071 4084 4092 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4156 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with 3.6m to the south of centre a large deposit of pounded burnt bones set upon a layer of decayed vegetable substance (wood or bark). A shale ring, an oval greenstone, and a chalk flint were found near the centre also on the floor. The whole barrow floor showed extensive traces of burning, which were repeated at a level halfway between the barrow floor and apex. Higher in the mound was a stone lined cist containing a crouched inhumation on its left side, head to NW. Flint chippings and round pebbles were prevalent throughout the mound. [There were intrusive Romano-British burials in 7 cist graves 0.6m below the top of the barrow on the south side and in other locations].
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	968
Y coordinate	788
Bibliographic source	Warne 1866, Mansel-Pleydell 1882, Grinsell 1959