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Early Bronze Age pottery beaker
Fairly good ware with buff surface and black core, and of long necked type with slightly hollow base. Decoration consists of reserved bar-chevron on neck and body, outlined with notching and filled in with slightly curving lines made with the crinkled edge of a sea-shell. Traces of ring building visible on the interior surface.
Beaker with incised decoration from Riley’s Tumulus, Candleston Castle, Bridgend, 2250-1950 BCE
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
19.65/2
Find Information
Site Name: Riley's Tumulus, Candleston Castle
Notes: from a burial mound known as Riley's Tumulus 2km WSW of Candleston Castle, accompanying a secondary burial of a man of Beaker type C1
Measurements
height / mm:172.5
diameter / mm:(mouth) 127
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