Iron Age cinerary urn fragments, West of Barnston Lodge (EHER 927)
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Summary
Fragments of an Iron Age cinerary urn were found in a gravel pit near Barnston Hall about 150 yards from the church.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TL 6520 1985 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BARNSTON, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.
Iron age urn. Urn fragments found in gravel pit near Barnston Hall, around 150yds (137 m) from the church, 4ft (1.2 m) down lying on the gravel bed.
The find was presented to Colchester Museum in 1908 by M H Turner (he said it had been found around 1908). In Colchester Museum. Accession number 1581.08. <1>-<5>
OS Field visit, unrecorded date (however visits by OS officer Ridyard were made in the area in 1950).
Mr. Turner confirmed the site of the gravel pit at TL 65201985, but could not remember the exact find spot of the urn within the pit. <6> <7>
Additional references <8>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL61NE01, 1950.
- <3> SEX3451 Report: Colchester Museum. 1909. Colchester Museum Report. p. 10.
- <4> SEX10 Artifact: Colchester Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Colchester Museum. Acc No 1581-08.
- <5> SEX12801 Map: Hull, M.R.. 1949. Ordnance Survey Correspondent's sheet - 6'' annotated map (Corr 6") by M.R. Hull. Corr 6 (M R Hull 1949).
- <6> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. F1 GWR ?-FEB-?.
- <7> SEX75707 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL: Oral information, correspondence (not archived), or staff comments. Mr M H Turner Barnston Hall Barnston.
- <8> SEX54357 Monograph: Whimster, R.. 1981. BAR 90 - Burial practices in Iron Age Britain: a discussion and gazetteer of the evidence c 700 BC- AD 43. p. 362.
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Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL61-030
- NRHE identifier: 375884
- National Monuments Record: TL 61 NE 1