collared urn
- Museum number
- 1834,1108.1
- Description
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Pottery collared urn. Decoration: On the collar and neck there are rows of diagonal incisions made with a flint flake. On the shoulder there is a row of elongated oval impressions and on the internal moulding, two rows of rather blurred impressions.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 4.50 inches (base)
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Diameter: 9.20 inches (mouth)
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Height: 10.80 inches
- Curator's comments
- Longworth 1984
Publications: W. O. Stanley (1849) 'Archaeological Journal', VI, 238; W. O. Stanley & A. Way (1868) 'Archaeologia Cambrensis', XIV, 233; H. H. Lines (1894) 'Antiquary', XXX, 9-12; J. Abercromby (1906-7) The relative chronology of some Cinerary Urn types in Great Britain and Ireland, 'P.S.A.S.', XLI, 185-274, fig. 44; J. Abercromby (1912) 'A Study of the Bronze Age Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland and its Associated Grave-Goods', Oxford, Clarendon Press, II, fig. 59; R. E. M. Wheeler (1925) 'Prehistoric and Roman Wales', fig. 73.1; (1937) 'Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments, Anglesey', lxiv, no. 49, lviii, no. 1; J.W. Brailsford (1951) The pottery from the Sheep Down Pond Barrow, 'Arch. J.', CVIII, 23; I. H. Longworth (1961) The origins and development of the Primary Series in the Collared Urn Tradition in England and Wales, 'P.P.S.', XXVII, 263-306, no. 351; F. Lynch (1966) 'Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society & Field Club', 1-31; F. Lynch (1970) 'Prehistoric Anglesey', fig. 45; F. Lynch (1971) 'Archaeologia Cambrensis', CXX, 11-36, fig. 11.
Type of site: Round barrow incorporating ring cairn and earlier standing stone.
Context: Probably secondary in stone cist with capstone inverted over cremation of adult female. One of bones had green stain.
Associated grave goods: None.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1991 16 Oct-present, Anglesey, Oriel Ynys Mon, History of Anglesey, LT Loan
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1834,1108.1