Bronze Age beakers, east of Cobbs Fen (EHER 6839)

Fragments of two Bronze Age beakers were found in 1928 by workmen in a gravel-pit in the north-east corner of South Field, west of Tower House, on the road from Sible Hedingham to Ferry's Green.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: June 1950. Field visit. Fragments of two Bronze Age beakers were found in 1928 <1> by workmen in a gravel-pit in the north-east corner of South Field, west of Tower House, on the road from Sible Hedingham to Ferry's Green site pointed out by the finder. Both are classified as handled southern beakers of unspecialised shape. They are in Colchester Museum (3.29, 4.29), given by A.J. Spurgeon. No other remains were found with them. <2> - <5> Fragments of a beaker lightly decorated with lozenges, triangles, and horizontal bands and provided with a handle, were found. It was subsequently restored and is on exhibition at Colchester Museum. Together with it were found fragments of another vessel, presumably of similar type. The handle which was found with it was subsequently lost. The decoration and shape of this beaker are inferior to that of the first and it was not possible to reconstruct it from the few fragments found. The fragments were found by a labourer and later were presented to Colchester Museum. The finds were made in a small gravel pit which, in 1930, was in use as the farmyard attached to a small-holding. <6> One was restored and is apparently on display in Colchester Museum, the other was fragmentary and impossible to reconstruct. <7> See also: <8> <9>