Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Early Bronze Age pottery collared urn

Of brown ware, with rim deeply bevelled internally, short collar and well-marked concave neck. The decoration consists of incised herring-bone pattern on internal bevel; a herring-bone pattern of short cord-impressions ('maggots') on the outer surface of the collar; incised alternating triangles and chevrons on the neck; and impressed cord herring-bones on the shoulder. Longworth (1984) Primary Series, North West Style, Form 1.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

37.358/3

Find Information

Site Name: Simondston Cairn, Coity

Grid Reference: 53 - 61m
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1937

Notes: urn B1, found with secondery cremation burial

Measurements

height / mm:379
diameter / mm:(mouth) 312
diameter / mm:(base) 136 (approx.)
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