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Site name Hurn 3, Christchurch

Site number 821

Burial codes 3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3036 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3083 3091 3094 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181

14/1300bc-8/700bc A bowl barrow with a shallow scooped ditch and a mound of sandy turf. The ditch contained centrally at the west a greenish clay dome, an aquatic deposit containing 31 fresh water molluscs and two flints, with many worked and unworked flints deliberately grouped around it. A small pit had been dug at the barrow centre, and contained an upright barrel urn of Deverel-Rimbury type, and charred wood and cremated bones. A square stain beside this may have been a folded leather or cloth.

Remains/Period Y3

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SZ

X coordinate 120

Y coordinate 970

Bibliographic source Piggott 1943

Query

Site name	Hurn 3, Christchurch
Site number	821
Burial codes	3001 3005 3021 3023 3025 3028 3030 3035 3036 3041 3048 3051 3053 3065 3075 3083 3091 3094 3104 3111 3128 3143 3152 3153 3161 3181
14/1300bc-8/700bc	A bowl barrow with a shallow scooped ditch and a mound of sandy turf. The ditch contained centrally at the west a greenish clay dome, an aquatic deposit containing 31 fresh water molluscs and two flints, with many worked and unworked flints deliberately grouped around it. A small pit had been dug at the barrow centre, and contained an upright barrel urn of Deverel-Rimbury type, and charred wood and cremated bones. A square stain beside this may have been a folded leather or cloth.
Remains/Period	Y3
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SZ
X coordinate	120
Y coordinate	970
Bibliographic source	Piggott 1943