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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 Puncknowle 6, Limekiln Hill

Site number 744

Burial codes 3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 305333065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow with a primary burial of a cremated adult in a bucket urn surrounded by three stone slabs, set in a small pit and sealed with a mound of clay reveted by an outer cairn of stones. The outer mound was of clay. There were 6 secondary burials at the south and west extremes of the mound, 4 cremations, 2 of these not necesssarily human.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 542

Y coordinate 871

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1959, Greenfield 1984

Query

Site name	Puncknowle 6, Limekiln Hill
Site number	744
Burial codes	3005 3009 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 305333065 3075 3084 3092 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow with a primary burial of a cremated adult in a bucket urn surrounded by three stone slabs, set in a small pit and sealed with a mound of clay reveted by an outer cairn of stones. The outer mound was of clay. There were 6 secondary burials at the south and west extremes of the mound, 4 cremations, 2 of these not necesssarily human.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	542
Y coordinate	871
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1959, Greenfield 1984