Cremation accessory vessel
- Description
- 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). - Accession Loan No.
- A291
- Simple Name
- accessory vessel, human remains
- Full Name
- incense cup, accessory vessel, human remains
- Collector / Excavator
- Blackmore, Mr; Kirwan, Rev; Hutchinson, P O, Mr
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Common Name
- cremation accessory vessel
- Material
- pottery; bone (human)
- Period Classification
- Bronze Age (2600-700 BC)
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Contintent
- Europe
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Production Year Low
- -1940
- Production Year High
- -1750
- Collection Parish
- Farway
- Collection Town
- Honiton
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Site Name
- Broad Down, Farway
- Family Group
- Dimensions
- whole height 45 mm; whole diameter 75 mm; base diameter 75 mm
- Created At
- 2016-10-13 15:45:32
- Updated At
- 2020-01-28 11:42:34
