Monument record 3698/0/1 - Probable Bronze Age Inhumation

A Bronze Age inhumation with a Beaker was found during quarrying in 1903. The Beaker is in Northampton Museum.

{1} Burial found in 1903, presumably during ironstone quarrying. A late Beaker was also discovered.

{2} The beaker is in Northampton Museum classified as early Bronze Age

{3} A beaker of rare type, with a moulded lip, was found half a mile west of Loddington church in 1903.

{4} The beaker is in Northampton Museum classified as Early Bronze Age and was donated by A Steele.

{5} No member of the Steele family, who at one time lived in Loddington Hall, survives.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.106/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP87NW1 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> George T.J., 1904, An Archaeological Survey of Northamptonshire, p.17 (unchecked) (Index). SNN10170.

<4> 1903, Proceedings of The Society of Antiquaries, 2 SER/19/312 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN24822.

<5> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 14-OCT-69 (Note). SNN111452.

<6> Historic England, Undated, Photograph: EBA BEAKER WITH MOULDED LIP FOUND 1903 (IN NORTHANTS MUSEUM), BB76/02100 (Archive). SNN115730.

Record last edited

Dec 4 2023 3:59PM