Find Spot record 0037500002 - BARROW CROFT

Summary

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

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Height 0183 mm Radius 0041
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 (9)

  • <1>SBC14746 Bibliographic reference: SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON PROCEEDINGS 1889 2ND SERIES 12 PP338- 346 (J PARKER).
  • <2>SBC13319 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1889 6 PP259-260 & ILLUS (DISCOVERY OF BRITISH POTTERY).
  • <3>SBC134 Bibliographic reference: ABERCROMBY J 1912 STUDY OF BRONZE AGE POTTERY 2 P30 & FIG 264.
  • <4>SBC15283 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 1 PP181-182.
  • <5>SBC6242 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN S BUCKS PP56-57 & FIGS 16 & 17 (5)..
  • <6>SBC1900 Bibliographic reference: BRITISH MUSEUM DEC 1960.
  • <7>SBC1290 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS 1957 & 1962.
  • <8>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <9>SBC7965 Bibliographic reference: LONGWORTH I W 1984 COLLARED URNS OF THE BRONZE AGE IN GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND P153 (NOS 57-58) & P.

Location

Grid reference SU 88400 91300 (point) (Approximate)
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

Jul 26 1990 12:00AM

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