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Urn, bead, and arrowhead from Doll Tor
Copyright Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust
Urn, bead, and arrowhead from Doll Tor
Dimensions : Pot: height 8.5cm. Bead: diameter 2.6cm. Arrowhead: length 3.7cm
Site name : Doll Tor
Site type : Burial site
Time period : Bronze Age
Material : Flint; Baked clay; Faience; Stone
Object type : Grave goods; Weapon; Pottery; Jewellery; Personal item
Museum number : 1981.1245; 1981.1248; 1981.1256
J. P. and J. C. Heathcote carried out work here between 1930 and 1933. They excavated the circle and cairn and found a number of burials in both. The material recovered included pottery, flints and a couple of faience beads. All this material gives a Bronze Age date for the burials at this site.
This group shows some of the best preserved objects from the Heathcotes' work. These include one of the many urns found, a barbed and tanged flint arrowhead and a star shaped faience bead.
Bibliography :
Bateman, T. , 1861
Heathcote, J. P. , 1939
Glossary:
Bronze Age
Cairn
Excavation
Faience
J. P. and J. C. Heathcote
Peak District
Pygmy cup
Thomas Bateman
Urn
Related objects
Battleaxe from Stanton Moor
Bead from Doll Tor
Arrowhead from Doll Tor
Faience bead from Stanton Moor
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