Late Iron Age cremation and possible cremation cemetery, Hamborough Hill (EHER 13526)
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Summary
Eight Iron Age vessels including a pedestal urn found arranged in a straight line, with associated calcined bone indicating cremation burials.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 8140 9200 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RAYLEIGH, ROCHFORD, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Eight Iron Age vessels including a pedestal urn found arranged in a straight line. Calcined bones were found in the surrounding soil indicating that there was a burial of the Aylesford type. A worked flint was found by a scout camping here in 1975 and although it was thought the site had been destroyed by quarrying it may survive partially. <1> <2> <3>
NRHE data transfer:
Sited from map in <2>. Three vessels in Colchester Museum 2656.12 2665.13. <1> <2> <3>
See also <4>.
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX7 Report: Colchester Museum. 1913. Colchester Museum Report.
- <2> SEX78089 Serial: Essex Field Club. 1909. Essex Naturalist, Volume 16. 16. pp 249-252.
- <3> SEX37538 DESC TEXT: Smith. unknown. The Archaeologist. Vol 63, p.27.
- <4> 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.368.
Related Events (2)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TQ89-62
- NRHE identifier: 419187
- National Monuments Record: TQ 89 SW 27