Saxon urn, Heybridge (EHER 7830)
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Summary
A Saxon urn found at Heybridge in or before 1903. It is a possible cinerary urn. The circumstances of discovery are not known.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TL 8550 0810 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEYBRIDGE, MALDON, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
A possible isolated Saxon find was discovered by Heybridge, Maldon before 1903. The urn, 6 inches high, is preserved in Colchester Museum, and closely resembles the Anglian
type; but no record can be found at the museum or elsewhere that it ever contained the products of cremation. <1> - <7>
The circumstances of discovery are not known.
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.
Note: Source <4> may have been entered incorrectly and is probably a reference to source <7>.
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL80NE17, 1976.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL80NE17, 1965.
- <3> SEX188 Monograph: Doubleday, H.A.. 1903. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol I (VCH). pp.319-320, see file OA8.
- <4> SEX10270 Photograph: Unknown. unknown. Gilstead Hall Coxtie Green Road Brentwood. print. p.87, see file OA8.
- <5> SEX25102 Article in monograph: Jones, W.T. in Buckley, D.G.. 1980. Early Saxon cemeteries in Essex: Archaeology in Essex to AD 1500. p.90.
- <6> SEX25103 Bibliographic reference: Myres, J.N.L.. 1977. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon pottery of the pagan period. Corpus no 411.
- <7> SEX1938 Monograph: Meaney, A.. 1964. A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. p 87.
Related Events (1)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL78-030
- NRHE identifier: 380694
- National Monuments Record: TL 80 NE 17