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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 Hengistbury Head Barrow 12

Site number 942

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4161 4169 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow with mound of sand and flint pebbles covered by a layer of peaty mould mixed with some sand, containing a secondary series collared urn with a cremation set upright in the barrow floor more or less centrally in the mound. It was surrounded with a black material, possibly burnt sandy mould mixed with considerable traces of charcoal. The inside was coated with well preserved sphagnum moss.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square SZ

X coordinate 170

Y coordinate 908

Bibliographic source Cunliffe 1987

Query

Site name	Hengistbury Head Barrow 12
Site number	942
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4083 4091 4098 4104 4111 4128 4143 4151 4152 4161 4169 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow with mound of sand and flint pebbles covered by a layer of peaty mould mixed with some sand, containing a secondary series collared urn with a cremation set upright in the barrow floor more or less centrally in the mound. It was surrounded with a black material, possibly burnt sandy mould mixed with considerable traces of charcoal. The inside was coated with well preserved sphagnum moss.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	SZ
X coordinate	170
Y coordinate	908
Bibliographic source	Cunliffe 1987