collared urn
- Museum number
- 1879,1209.1243
- Description
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Pottery collared urn; twisted cord: two lines on internal rim bevel; hurdle pattern between pairs of lines on collar; vertical to diagonal rows of jabbed impressions on neck.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 117 millimetres (base)
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Diameter: 312 millimetres (mouth)
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Height: 409 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Longworth 1984
Publications: W. Greenwell (1866) 'Arch. J.', XXII, 115-17; W. Greenwell (1877) 'British Barrows', 338-9, fig. 54; 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. 111; 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. 265; J. McDonnell (ed.) (1963) 'History of Helmsley, Rievaulx and District', App. A(X), 395, no. 8.
Type of site: Round barrow. Context: Probably primary at centre, upright, protected above by stones and carefully packed round with clay and charcoal, contained cremation of young person. Associated grave goods: None.
- Location
- On display (G51/dc11)
- Acquisition date
- 1879
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1879,1209.1243