Find Spot record 0101700000 - LONG CRENDON
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- NON ANTIQUITY (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- CINERARY URN (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
Description
WELL MADE, SYMMETRICAL. THOUGHT PERHAPS AMERICAN-INDIAN BUT SIMILAR TO FIND FROM KINGSTON DEVERILL, WILTS (B1).
DOUBLE BOWL MODELLED ON 1 BOWL INSERTED IN MOUTH OF OTHER. (ILLUSTRATION)(B2).
NOW ACCEPTED AS FOREIGN, PROBABLY CENTRAL AFRICAN (B3).
NGR to centre of Long Crendon.
An urn found at Long Crendon (SP 6908) is now in Devizes Museum. It is probably Bronze Age (B4).
The urn is in Devizes Museum. Although labelled 'from Long Crendon, Bucks' in Colt Hoare's handwriting it is now accepted as being foreign and probably central African. F K Annable, Curator, Devizes Museum considers that it could have originated in the Congo (B5).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC16773 Article in serial: 1892. WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 1892 26 P317.
- <2>SBC11871 Article in serial: Stuart Piggott. 1931. 'NEOLITHIC POTTERY OF THE BRITISH ISLES', IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 88 P135+ PLII.
- <3>SBC10909 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP60 NE1.
- <4>SBC28449 Bibliographic reference: John Abercromby. 1912. A Study of the Bronze Age Pottery of Great Britain & Ireland, and its Associated Grave-Goods Volume 2. p44-45; Fig 466, pl XCIV.
- <5>SBC28451 Verbal communication: Norman Victor Quinnell. 1968. Field Investigator Comments - F1 NVQ 15-JAN-68.
- <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SP 695 099 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LONG CRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- URN (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
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Record last edited
Nov 27 2025 11:09AM
