Monument record 2418/1 - Bronze Age Urnfield, Oundle Cemetery

A Bronze Age urn was found by a gravedigger in 1965 and five further urns were discovered during a subsequent excavation by Oundle School.

{1} Excavation within the cemetery south-west of Oundle. Six Bronze Age collared cinerary urns belonging to a flat urnfield.

{3} Find of March 1965. A Bronze Age urn. Found whilst grave digging. Five urns were excavated by Oundle School in 1965. Found at TL03338794 in 1965-6. The urns were given to Peterborough Museum in 1966.

{4} They were inverted in shallow pits filled with ash and charcoal over which limestone slabs had been placed. Calcined bones were also recovered.

{7} An urn, inverted, with the calcined bones beneath, and a flat, rough stone on top was discovered. The urn was of a brown speckled clay colour and had been crushed.

{8} A BA urn was discovered in March 1965 by Mr D Cunnington, St Peter's Road, Oundle while digging a grave at TL 03333 87984. The site was subsequently excavated by Oundle School who discovered a further 5 urns.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.71/Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1969, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1967/68 (Prehistoric), 3/6 (checked) (Article). SNN75790.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, TL08NW38 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> 1966, The Evening Telegraph, (unchecked) (Journal). SNN7474.

<5> OUNDLE SCHOOL, Notes on The Excavation, (unchecked) (Archive). SNN47574.

<6> Peterborough Museum Finds Index, (unchecked) (Index). SNN5553.

<7> The Bronze Age Internments at Stoke Hill, Oundle: The Oundle Urn, (checked) (Note). SNN109695.

<8a> ORAL REPORT, Oral: Mr Lychfield Local Historian. (Oral Report). SNN53287.

<8> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 01-OCT-69 (Note). SNN111452.

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Feb 10 2025 7:22PM