Iron Age cemetery, East side of Creeksea (EHER 11236)

An Iron Age ('La Tene III') urnfield found when gravel digging on the estate of Capt. H.F Jackson in 1925. The pottery recovered consists of three pedestal vases, two pedestal bowls, two brown bowls with incurved sides and a globular bowl with lid, now in Colchester Museum.

An Iron Age urnfield found in 1925 near 'the Groves'. There are also cropmarks in the same field (see EHER 11237). <1> The OS card notes, at TQ 93609587, an Iron Age ('La Tene III') urnfield found when gravel digging on the estate of Capt. H.F Jackson in 1925. The pottery consists of three pedestal vases, two pedestal bowls, two brown bowls with incurved sides and a globular bowl with lid, now in Colchester Museum. <2>-<5> Site shown on OS map of Britain in the Iron Age. <6> NRHE data transfer: TQ 936959. Birchall illustrates eight ungrouped pottery vessels, whose consecutive museum accession numbers imply a single find, either of one large grave group or a small cemetery. Birchall lists Fig. 21 Nos. 180-182; Fig. 24 No. 205; Fig. 25 Nos. 209-210; Fig. 26 Nos. 215-216. <7> <8>