Monument record 2984/0/1 - Unlocated Bronze Age beakers

Three Bronze Age beakers found somewhere in Brixworth parish during ironstone quarrying in the 19th century

{1} Bronze Age reddish handled beaker 5ins high & Bronze Age biconical beaker with everted rim and three zones of horizontal lines. Exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries 23/04/1891 by C A Markham. Only one vessel is handled, though Abercromby states two are.

{2} Prehistoric pottery from Brixworth includes three beakers, all discovered before 1918, probably during ironstone mining. One is handled {5}, one is biconical with an everted rim and three zones of horizontal lines and the third is a tall beaker.

{3} Illustrations.

{6} Two handled beakers from Brixworth, both in Northants Museum.

{7} Northants Museum has two beakers from Brixworth, only one of which is handled. The curator has no knowledge of Abercromby's second handled beaker, and supposes it to be a mistake. No precise find-spots are known.

<1> Abercromby J., 1912, Bronze Age Pottery, p.44 (unchecked) (Series). SNN7133.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP77SW10 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<4> 1889, Proceedings of The Society of Antiquaries, 13/301 (Uncertain). SNN20697.

<5> 1892, Northamptonshire Notes and Queries (Series 1), 5/80 (Uncertain). SNN20698.

<6> Abercromby J., 1912, Bronze Age Pottery, p. 44, Illust pl xxi 296 (Series). SNN7133.

<7> Colquhoun, FD, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 FDC 13-FEB-1969 (Notes). SNN112950.

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