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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 Weymouth 20, Nottington Barrow

Site number 759

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4123 4143 4152 4160 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with a probably primary cremation accompanied by fragments of a bronze dagger probably in a sheath when found. Beneath the cremation and separated from it by a thin layer of clay were the remains of a funeral pyre; above the cremation was a large mass of carbonised wood.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 668

Y coordinate 824

Bibliographic source Grinsell 1959

Query

Site name	Weymouth 20, Nottington Barrow
Site number	759
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4104 4111 4123 4143 4152 4160 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with a probably primary cremation accompanied by fragments of a bronze dagger probably in a sheath when found. Beneath the cremation and separated from it by a thin layer of clay were the remains of a funeral pyre; above the cremation was a large mass of carbonised wood.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	668
Y coordinate	824
Bibliographic source	Grinsell 1959