Find Spot record 3950/0/0 - Unstratified Bronze Age Beaker

Bronze Age handled beaker, found during ironstone quarrying at the beginning of the 20th century

{1} Find, c.1904/5. Bronze Age handled beaker, found during ironstone quarrying (Storefield Ironstone Mines). RCHME suggests SP873835.

{4/5/6}Finds from Storefield mines, Newton c1924/25 included a handled EBA beaker (now in the BM), and seven AS urns (3 undecorated 1 much restored and 1 of Buckelurne type) with metal items (all in Kettering Museum). Also found was a pair of Anglian girdle hangers (in the BM).

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.112/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP88SE24 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> British Museum Accession Register, (checked) (Catalogue). SNN10055.

<4> Uncertain, 1925, The Antiquaries Journal, p.430 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN30109.

<5> Meaney A.L., 1964, Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites, P. 193 (Gazetteer). SNN10289.

<6> BRITISH MUSEUM RECORDS (Uncertain). SNN55576.

<7> Colquhoun, FD, 1969, Field investigators comments, 03-SEP-1969 (Notes). SNN112950.

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