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Dimensions : Height 20cm, rim diameter 17cm, base diameter 8cm.

Site name : Stanton Moor
Site type : Burial site

Time period : Bronze Age
Material : Baked clay
Object type : Grave goods; Pottery
Museum number : 1979.933

This urn was recovered from one of the burials in cairn T3 on Stanton Moor. This burial, numbered T3B, was excavated in 1929. The urn was found upside down, on top of a large deposit of bones and charcoal. Underneath the layer of bones was another, smaller urn, laid on its side and badly crushed. This urn also contained cremated bones. On top of the larger urn was a stone slab, to seal and mark the grave.

This double burial appears to be of a woman and child. Five burnt flints and a cylindrical bead were also found.

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Bibliography :
Heathcote, J. P. , 1930

Glossary:
Bronze Age
Cairn
Collared urn
Excavator
Faience
J. P. and J. C. Heathcote
Urn

Related objects
Heathcote's plan of Stanton Moor
Photograph of excavation of urn on Stanton Moor
Collared urn from Stanton Moor
Collared urn and Pygmy cup from Stanton Moor

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