Urn with grave goods. Large earthenware urn with incised cross hatched decoration, and flint flakes, clay pin heads, a stone pendant and a bone toggle.

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Title

Urn with grave goods. Large earthenware urn with incised cross hatched decoration, and flint flakes, clay pin heads, a stone pendant and a bone toggle.

Identifier

ABDUA:19729, 14828, 14829, 14830, 14831

Description

Cordoned urn (with two low mouldings or cordons). The collar area (above one of the cordons) and internal bevelled rim are decorated with comb-impression cross-hatching. Found, protected by a small cist, at Seggiecrook, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire on 13th March 1907. The urn contained cremated human bone, a bead or toggle and several clay pinheads.

Source

Field Collector: Leith.Hay,C.E.N Mr
Field Collection Date: 16/10/1904

Date

Early: -1800 Late: -600 Period: MBA LBA

Relation

ABDUA:14830 ABDUA:14831

Format

clay fired clay pottery, H(urn): 242 mm Dia(rim): 182 mm

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Seggiecrook Kennethmont Aberdeenshire

Provenance

Acquisition Source: Leith-Hay Mrs