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Site name Rancombe Barrow, Shorwell, Isle of Wight
Site number 836
Burial codes 4002 4005 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4065 4075 4081 4083 4091 4098 4104 4111 4129 4143 4153 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc Five urn deposits were sited on a hedge line, two inverted and covering cremation deposits, and three smaller (food) vessels, one beautifully decorated with a cord pattern deeply incised. The site may have been that of a destroyed barrow but it is uncertain. Urn 1 was a large inverted collared cinerary urn placed in a round pit dug into natural rock. Urn 2 was another collared urn inverted over burnt bones. Vessel 3 was a food vessel found 12m east of Urn 1 and set upright. Vessel 4 was a food vessel finely decorated as described, and Vessel 5 another food vessel with some punctured dart decoration. Vessels 4 and 5 have collars 40% of their depth.
Remains/Period Y4
County Hampshire
Region S
National grid square SZ
X coordinate 455
Y coordinate 896
Bibliographic source Morey 1921, Crawford 1922a


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