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Early Bronze Age pottery collared urn
Restored collared rim cinerary urn of grey ware, undecorated, with brick-coloured outer surface. Of tripartite form with slack shoulder, shallow neck and inward sloping collar.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
69.121/1
Find Information
Site Name: Maes-hwyaid Farm, Welsh St. Donats
Date: 1969
Notes: From a primary burial in a round barrow, 400 yards south-west of the farm. The urn contained the ring-headed pin (69.121/2), the flint knife (69.121/3) and the burnt bones of a mature person (69.121/4). This is a different round barrow to the one excavated in 1973-74, the finds from which are under accession number 75.36H. The farm has also been referred to as Maes-y-ward. Found during unsupervised excavation.
Measurements
height / mm:297.0
diameter / mm:255.0 (of girth)
diameter / mm:275.0 (of collar)
internal diameter / mm:208.0 - 225.0 (rim)
diameter / mm
diameter / mm:120.0 (of base)
weight / g:3860.2 (as restored)
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