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Early Bronze Age pottery collared urn
Coarse, red-buff ware, largely restored; bipartite form, with deep collar and internally bevelled rim. Decoration: on internal bevel and exterior of collar and neck, oblique 'maggot' impressions forming herring-bones, each row on collar being seperated by a wide incised line. Longworth (1984) Primary Series, North Western style, Form I/III
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
21.24/40
Find Information
Site Name: Llanbeblig, Caernarfon
Notes: Found near human bones in a gravel pit 'adjoining the Caernarvon Railway, near Waterloo Port', about 20m. from the Menai shore.
Measurements
height / mm:280
diameter / mm:(shoulder) 230
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