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Early Bronze Age pottery beaker
Very well-fired grey ware, with buff to pink smoothed surface, of debased short-necked type. Decorated with 'maggot' impressions arranged in five broad horizontal furrows on the neck and in close, not quite vertical lines on the upper part of the ovoid body.
Beaker decorated with cord impression from Groeswen Chapel, Caerphilly, 1900-1750 BCE
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
50.295/1
Find Information
Site Name: Groeswen Chapel, Caerphilly County Borough
Grid Reference: ST 126 874
Collection Method: excavation
Notes: found with cremated bones in a cist revealed by deep ploughing just above the 800 ft. contour at the S. tip of Mynydd Mayo 1/4 mile NNW of above
Acquisition
Donation, 10/8/1950
Measurements
height / mm:164
diameter / mm:130 (mouth)
Material
pottery
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Prehistoric and Roman Pottery
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