Cup
Shale cups have been found at two sites in Devon, both Bronze Age burials. This one was discovered in 1868 and is the best preserved. It is formed from a single piece of shale.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- A290
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Kirwan, Mr
- Material
- shale, Kimmeridge?
- Common Name
- cup
- Simple Name
- cup
- Period Classification
- Early Bronze Age (2600-1600 BC)
