Summary
: Grinsell's (1959, 88) Bere Regis Barrow 8b. He describes a primary cremation among ashes in an inverted urn. Secondary simple and inurned cremations, one with a tubular bronze bead. See also Warne 1886 (cpf, no. 10, 10). (Calkin 1967, 135) notes that the second urned cremation with the tubular bead did not come from this barrow.
Full Description
: A bowl barrow located circa 350 metres north of Bere Down Farm. Listed by RCHME as Bere Regis 106 and by Grinsell as Bere Regis 2, it was originally described by RCHME as being a much spread mound 36 feet in diameter and 1 foot high. In 1981, the Ordnance Survey recorded it as having been ploughed flat, the site being marked on the surface by a scatter of stones. The barrow is scheduled. RCHME tentatively identified it with a barrow excavated circa 1850, one of four described by Warne and originally said to be on "Kingston Down", though it is now accepted that all four were on Bere Down. This barrow, assuming the RCHME are correct in their identification, was Warne's tumulus 10, and listed separately by Grinsell as Bere Regis 8b. Grinsell made no attempt to identify these four excavated barrows with any of the known extant barrows in the area. Warne described the barrow as being "not far distant from" his number 9, possibly SY 89 NW 40. The mound itself "was formed in part with chalk, in part stiff soil". Potsherds presumed to represent a secondary cremated interment disturbed by the plough were found close to the surface of the mound. Two further secondary deposits of "burnt bones and ashes", but no pottery, were also found. At the centre, below the mound, was a large urn inverted over a deposit of burnt bones and ashes. Warne's tumulus 10 was previously recorded separately as part of SY 89 NW 31. That record should be consulted for further sources and information. The extant earthwork barrow (RCHME Bere Regis 106) was formerly recorded as part of SY 89 NW 40. That record should also be consulted for further details. <1>
