Cremation accessory vessel
This small vessel was excavated in 1868 from a barrow surrounded by a ditch. It contains the cremated remains of an adult or juvenile. The bones were recently radiocarbon dated.
This type of pot is called an accessory vessel because it often accompanies large cremation urns but no such urn was found in this barrow. The pot is decorated with fine lines filled in with a red pigment (probably hematite).
This type of pot is called an accessory vessel because it often accompanies large cremation urns but no such urn was found in this barrow. The pot is decorated with fine lines filled in with a red pigment (probably hematite).
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- A291
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Blackmore, Mr; Kirwan, Rev; Hutchinson, P O, Mr
- Material
- potterybone (human)
- Common Name
- cremation accessory vessel
- Simple Name
- accessory vessel, human remains
- Period Classification
- Bronze Age (2600-700 BC)
- Production Year Low
- -1940
- Production Year High
- -1750
