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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 Winterborne Monkton 1e, Fordington Field

Site number 777

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow with an earth mound over a flint and chalk rubble nucleus. In a small circular pit covered by a flat stone was a biconical urn of the Middle to Late Bronze Age containing burnt bones.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SY

X coordinate 668

Y coordinate 891

Bibliographic source Sydenham 1844, Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959, Calkin 1966

Query

Site name	Winterborne Monkton 1e, Fordington Field
Site number	777
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3041 3048 3051 3065 3075 3084 3098 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow with an earth mound over a flint and chalk rubble nucleus. In a small circular pit covered by a flat stone was a biconical urn of the Middle to Late Bronze Age containing burnt bones.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SY
X coordinate	668
Y coordinate	891
Bibliographic source	Sydenham 1844, Warne 1866, Grinsell 1959, Calkin 1966