Find Spot record MWX305 - Cinerary urns, Weymouth

[Marginal] 'A' A large urn, 13" x 4 1/2" bounded by a ridge moulding & the rim ornamented with string impressions, and zigzag ornament of three slants, and two perforated handles, found near WEYMOUTH & now in the MEDHURST COLL. at the DORSET CO MUSEUM.

Also in the same collection from near Weymouth:
'B' Cinerary urn 5 1/2" x 4 3/4", slightly approaching the globular form with five small bosses.
'C' Cylindrical urn, now 11 3/4" x 10", none of the rim remains and there is no ornament. It has had three bosses.
'D' Cinerary urn, 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" with a cross hatched moulding. <1>

Mr Medhurst was excavating in Dorset c. 1845. No further information regarding the sites of these finds was obtained during field investigation. <2>

Three of the urns - A,B & C - were seen in the Dorset Museum.
'A' - which is in fragments - is MBA. Acc No 1885.21.1 Old No. 48
'B' Barrel urn. Abercromby type 4. Deverel group 2. L.B.A. Acc. No 1894.3.1. Old No 66
C. Bucket urn. Abercromby type 4. Deverel group 2. L.B.A. Acc. No. 1894.3.2. Old No. 67. <3>

<1> Oliver, V L, 1923, Pre-Roman and Roman Occupation of the Weymouth District. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, p32-3 (Article in serial). SWX1763.

[Marginal] A large urn, 13 x 4 1/2 bounded by a ridge moulding & the rim ornamented with string impressions, and zigzag ornament of three slants, and two COLL. at the DORSET CO MUSEUM. Also in the same collection from near Weymouth:- B Cinerary urn 5 1/2 x 4 3/4, slightly approaching the globular form with five small bosses. C Cylindrical urn, now 11 3/4 x 10, none of the rim remains & there is no ornament. It has had three bosses. D Cinerary urn, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 with a cross hatched moulding.

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 12-AUG-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

Mr Medhurst was excavating in Dorset c. 1845. No further information regarding the sites of these finds was obtained during field investigation.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F2 GCS 18-AUG-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

Three of the urns - A,B & C - were seen in the Dorset Museum. A - which is in fragments - is MBA. Accession No 1885.21.1 Old No. 48 B Barrel urn. Abercromby type 4. Deverel group 2. L.B.A. Accession. No 1894.3.1. Old No 66 C. Bucket urn. Abercromby type 4. Deverel group 2. L.B.A. Accession.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451590 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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