SWX7486 - A Note on an Inurned Burial from a Barrow on St Catherine's Hill, Christchurch; Rescue Archaeology in Hampshire 3

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Type Article in serial
Title A Note on an Inurned Burial from a Barrow on St Catherine's Hill, Christchurch; Rescue Archaeology in Hampshire 3
Author/Originator
Date/Year 1975

Abstract/Summary

'In January of 1974, whilst carrying out a survey on St. Catherine's Hill, Christchurch, mebers of the South Wessex Archaeological Association discovered a disturbed burial urn protruding from the top of a heavily eroded bowl barrow'. The yurn was removed and excavated under lab conditions. It was an Early Bronze Age collared urn inverted with the base and some contents missing. Fragments of cremated bone suggested that the burial was that of a youth. The broken remains of an inverted pigmy cup were also found, as was a carbonised fragment of hazel kernel. The urn was found in the northern face of the barrow close to the north eastern corner of the 1921 excavtions on this barrow.

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Description

Note in Rescue Archaeology in Hampshire, no. 3, pp. 39-41. Contains trench location plan.

Location

South Wessex Archaeological Association

Referenced Monuments (1)

  • Urned Cremation, St Catherine's Hill Bowl Barrow (Monument)

Referenced Events (2)

  • St Catherine's Hill, Christchurch; survey 1974
  • St. Catherine's Hill Bowl Barrow, Christchurch; disturbed cremation urn

Record last edited

May 17 2018 10:55AM