Monument record MDO43288 - Monastery Farm #3-5

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Summary

: overarching record for unlocated burials from three, closely grouped barrows north of Monastery Farm. Grinsell's (1959, 106) East Lulworth barrows 3-5, also 5a-d. These barrows are located separately in the HER (MDOs7645-7) but are grouped in one record in the NRHE. Since it is not possible to link excavated evidence to individual barrows, they are also grouped here. The evidence is slightly confusing but the NRHE's interpretation is that one of the three barrows (unclear which) was opened in 1790 (Warne's barrow 13); all three were probably opened in 1825-3 (Warne's barrows 51-3).: burial 'in a rude cist of 'unhewn stones'. Contained an urn 'capable of holding 2 gallons, full of burnt bones and covered at the top with a thin flat stone'. The urn was of coarse black clay, potentially 'merely hardened by fire or the heat of the sun (1866, 11).: primary cremation burial in an urn with very few ashes in a central cist, covered by a small cairn of 'rude stones'. The urn is described as 'perfectly preserved' and was deposited in a 'leaning position', resting on a large flat stone and surrounded by a dome of upright stones. The latter were apparently 'brought from the seashore, as they were ... worn with small cavities by the action of the waves'. Within the urn, loose human bones mingled with a very small portion of ashes were found.: primary urned burial protected by a vault of large stones: primary urned burial in a smaller barrow than the others of this group, again protected by large stones

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<NRHE site description>: Three bramble-covered, round barrows north of Monastery Farm, one of which was opened 1790 and contained a probable primary cremation in a Late Bronze Age bucket-urn placed within a cist covered by a thin stone slab.These three barrows may also have been opened 1825-32 by J F Pennie and published by Warne (b).Warne No 51: quarter of a mile from Lulworth: primary (?) cremation is urn with very few ashes, in central cist, covered by small cairn.Warne No.52: near last: primary (?) urn beneath cairn.Warne No 53: near last, but small: primary (?) beneath cairn. <1>

<1> Garrow, D and Cooper, A, 2021, Grave Goods Project dataset, 72988 (Machine readable data file). SDO17407.

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<1> SDO17407 Machine readable data file: Garrow, D and Cooper, A. 2021. Grave Goods Project dataset. 72988.

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Grid reference	SY 8636 8146 (point)
Map sheet	SY88SE

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Nov 22 2021 6:57PM