Possible Anglo-Saxon inhumation barrow, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 2910)
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Summary
Inhumation in barrow associated with glass drinking cup.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TM 176 165 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
Inhumation in barrow associated with glass drinking cup. <1>
In 1847 a glass drinking cup was exhibited to the British Archaeological association. It had been found on a farm near the coast at Great Clacton, with broken tiles and charred wood, "during the demolition of a mound within an entrenchment. In shape it is like a mammiform cup".
No more known of circumstances of discovery. Source 3 has an illustration of the cup. <5> <6>
The cup was found with broken tiles and charred wood. <6>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX10270 Photograph: Unknown. unknown. Gilstead Hall Coxtie Green Road Brentwood. print. p86.
- <3> SEX10271 DESC TEXT: Smith?. 1847. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. Vol 2, p99.
- <4> SEX188 Monograph: Doubleday, H.A.. 1903. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol I (VCH). Vol 1, p329.
- <5> SEX1938 Monograph: Meaney, A.. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p 86.
- <6> SEX54 Article in monograph: Hedges, J.D. in Buckley, D.G.. 1980. The Neolithic in Essex: Archaeology in Essex to AD 1500: In Memory of Ken Newton. CBA Research Report. p 90.
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TM11-043
- NRHE identifier: 387724