Find Spot record 0037500002 - BARROW CROFT

Summary

Bronze Age cremation urn found in the nineteenth century at Barrow Croft

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  • None recorded

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Height 183mm, Radius 41mm.
SMALLER URN FOUND RESTING ON SHOULDER OF LARGE URN. WHITISH POWDER CONTENTS, ANALYSED & FOUND TO CONTAIN CHALK, FLINTS, WOOD, CHARCOAL, SPICULAE OF BONE & LIME CARBONATE (B1). SECONDARY SERIES FORM I. INVERTED OVER FRAGMENTS OF BURNT BONE (B3).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC14746 Bibliographic reference: SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON PROCEEDINGS 1889 2ND SERIES 12 PP338- 346 (J PARKER).
  • <3>SBC134 Bibliographic reference: ABERCROMBY J 1912 STUDY OF BRONZE AGE POTTERY 2 P30 & FIG 264.

Location

Grid reference SU 88400 91300 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • URN (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12220)

Record last edited

May 22 2022 7:48PM

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