EDO755 - Three round barrows (Kinson 1-3), Kinson Common, Bournemouth; excavation 1948

The Ministry of Works decided to excavate three barrows on Kinson Common in advance of development of the area by Bournemouth Corporation. Barrow 1 was excavated by Mrs C M Piggott in the summer of 1948 and Barrows 2-3 by Group Captain Knocker in September and October 1948. Barrow 1 had been robbed and no traces of any burials were found. Barrow 2 was a bowl barrow that had also been robbed and had been damaged by a wartime slit trench. In the centre of the barrow was a pit filled with dark soil, which had been robbed and no burial survived. A post hole was found in this pit. It was covered by a two phase barrow mound. Barrow 3 was also damaged. No primary burial was found but a small circular patch of dark soil revealed in the centre of the barrow. The barrow mound was constructed from sand and gravel and slight traces of an external ditch were found. A series of secondary burials comprising eleven urned cremations and three unurned cremation deposits (of which only one contained cremated human bone) were found in the south east quadrant of the barrow. NMR UID: 650701 NMR UID: 650702 NMR UID: 650703