- Object name(s):
- vessel; Trevisker ware bucket urn; Bronze Age pot
- Brief description:
- This bucket-shaped urn is the largest prehistoric pot to be found in Devon. It was found during the construction of a housing estate near Newton Abbot and had to be very carefully pieced together and conserved. Pieces of burnt bone were found with the urn suggesting that it was used as part of a cremation burial. A ‘belt’ of clay with six lugs has been added around the centre of the pot and above this band much of the put is decorated with combed lines. Inside, a cross of clay has been attached to the base, this may have been decoration or to add strength. This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Death
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Dimension:
- whole circumference 1250 mm
- Dimension:
- whole height 430 mm
- Dimension:
- whole weight 1550 grams
- Field collection date:
- January 2019 to April 2020
- Field collection place:
- Whitehill, Newton Abbot
- Place coordinates:
- -3.6214034,50.539544
- Field collection place:
- Newton Abbot
- Place coordinates:
- -3.6214034,50.539544
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Place coordinates:
- -3.6214034,50.539544
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Place coordinates:
- -3.6214034,50.539544
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Place coordinates:
- -3.6214034,50.539544
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Place coordinates:
- -3.6214034,50.539544
- Field collector:
- AC Archaeology (archaeological contractor)
- Material:
- pottery
- Material:
- Trevisker ware
- Object name:
- vessel; Trevisker ware bucket urn; Bronze Age pot
- Object number:
- 56/2024
- Reproduction number:
- 56-2024-shot7.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 56-2024-shot8.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 56-2024-shot9.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 56-2024-shot11.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 56-2024-shot12.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 56-2024-shot13.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 56-2024-shot14.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Antiquities
- Responsible department/section:
- Devon archaeology
- Right type:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Use title:
- Food: beyond the plate. Exhibition 2025
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3581c47f-9bd3-345a-aeb2-7694c7b134ab
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3581c47f-9bd3-345a-aeb2-7694c7b134ab, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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