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Middle Bronze Age pottery vessel
of gritty, well-smoothed, buff-surfaced ware, with everted and tapering rim, barrel-shaped body and decoration of soft, horizontal grooves between the rim and a point just above the shoulder. There are also four pairs of dimples equally spaced around the shoulder. Restored.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
40.430/1
Find Information
Site Name: Six Wells 271', Llantwit Major
Notes: From the primary cist of Barrow 271, Six Wells. It was found in an erect position incorporated in the alignment of a wooden stake circle under the barrow. Item contained the cremated bones of an adult (40.430/2).
Measurements
height / mm:231.0
internal diameter / mm:185.0 (rim)
diameter / mm
diameter / mm:202.0 (of girth)
diameter / mm:130.0 (of base)
weight / g:3902.5*
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