Anglo-Saxon cinerary urn at Markshall (EHER 8589)
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Summary
An Anglo-Saxon urn, found at Markshall (Coggeshall) about 1820, is now in the Ashmolean Museum.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TL 840 254 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | COGGESHALL, BRAINTREE, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import:
An Anglo-Saxon urn, found at Markshall (Coggeshall) about 1820, is now in the Ashmolean Museum (AM 1855.604). <1> - <3>
Urn is made of brown, hand made ware, unburnished. Decoration false handles, punched holes, incised lines; conical boss at the shoulder; oval bosses on the upper part of the urn, each framed with an incised line, but each boss is ornamented differently. The urn is 10.5" high, 12" in diameter at widest, 4.5" in diameter at the mouth. It is labelled, "Found about 1820, 'Chas. Lock'". Leeds suggested the urn belonged to the period of the early cemeteries, from the first invasions to the mid 7th century AD. <4>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX74 MENTION: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL82NW10, 1976.
- <3> SEX27534 Artifact: Ashmolean Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Ashmolean Museum. Acc No 1885.604.
- <4> SEX27533 DESC TEXT: Leeds, E.T.. 1930. Antiquities from Essex in the Ashmolean Museum. New Series, v.19, Part 4, p.253.
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Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL82-038
- NRHE identifier: 381419
- National Monuments Record: TL 82 NW 10