Monument record 4001/1/1 - Bronze Age Cremations, Rothwell

Three Collared Urns, one of the Primary Series, and a handled food vessel were found, presumably during ironstone-mining at Rothwell before 1903

{1} Bronze Age cinerary urns & handled food vessel presumably found during ironstone quarrying before 1903; Northampton Museum hold items but no siting information other than 'from Rothwell';

{2} 3 cinerary urns & unusual handled cup found 'at Rothwell'; all contained burnt bones;

{3} Illustrations of 3 collared urns & handled food vessel found 'at Rothwell'; pls XXII 296 bis; LXVI 62; LXVII 64 68;

{4} 3 collared urns including 1 of Primary Series; also handled food vessel; found presumably during ironstone quarrying at Rothwell before 1903.

{5} A pre-Roman cinerary urn, 10ins high was found at Rothwell in 1898.

{6} A food vessel Abercromby type 5, in Cambridge Museum, was found at Rothwell. (Illustration shows this as additional to the above.

{7} Northampton Museum hold 3 cinerary urns and a handled food vessel (auths 1 & 2) without precise siting, from Rothwell. They also hold a BA cinerary urn found 1898 in field OS 408 (authy 3) Rothwell. They have no information relating to the food vessel recorded as in Cambridge Museum.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP88SW8 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> GEORGE T.J., 1904, Journal of Northants Natural History Society and Field Club, 17 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN22242.

<3> Abercromby J., 1912, Bronze Age Pottery, (unchecked) (Series). SNN7133.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.130 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<5> George T.J., 1904, An Archaeological Survey of Northamptonshire, P. 19 (Index). SNN10170.

<6> FOX C., 1923, ARCHAEOLOGY OF CAMBRIDGE REGION, P. 38 (Uncertain). SNN61941.

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

<8> Rothwell's Cremation Urns: Food Vessel, Object number: F54/183/4 (Archive). SNN116316.

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May 2 2024 12:47PM