Monument record MDO45462 - Bronze Age urn and cremation, Old Lawn Farm, Pamphill

A hybrid Middle/Late Bronze Age urn with cremation found when making a road near Old Lawn Farm Buildings circa 1948. In the possession of W. Lovell, Wimborne. <1>

Mr. Lovell pointed out the findspot of the urn at ST 9840 0468 and stated that he had presented it to Red House Museum, Christchurch. <2>

Middle /Late Bronze Age Collared Urn with incised chevron pattern on the collar and a ridged shoulder highlighted with neatly impressed ovals. Found at Old Lawn Farm, circa 1948, during trenching (near ST 984047), on a slight rise which suggested a ploughed-out barrow. Part of the urn is at the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham. <3>

<1> Calkin, J B, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6, 7.5.51 (Map). SWX8351.

<2> Work, R L B, 1954, Field Investigators Comments RLBW, F1 RBW 19-MAR-54 (Unpublished document). SWX3791.

<2.1> Lovell, W, Oral: Mr W Lovell (Headmaster), Wimborne Council School (Verbal communication). SDO19351.

<3> Calkin, J B, 1962, The Bournemouth Area in the Middle and Late Bronze Age, with the 'Deverel Rimbury' problem reconsidered, 11, 65 (Article in serial). SWX3709.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209475 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 3 2023 4:13PM