Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Early Bronze Age pottery collared urn

Thick walled vessel of quite hard, coarse fabric containing moderate crushed rock (up to 6mm) and sparse grog (1-3mm) inclusions. Buff external surface, grey/brown internal surface and dark grey core. Heavy collar decorated with four horizontal rows of oblique incised lines forming a herringbone motif, a small internal bevel is decorated with short oblique incised lines. Internally, towards the rim a burnt residue survives.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

20.385/1

Find Information

Site Name: Ddolwen Farm, Fishguard

Notes: found with burnt bones in a primary cist during destruction of a cairn

Acquisition

donation, 20/9/1920

Techniques

Hand made
Incised
Carved

Material

Pottery
Crushed rock tempered
Grog tempered

Location

location verified by DH

Categories

Collared urns
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