Monument record MLI82506 - Bronze Age Cremations, Blankney
Summary
Four Bronze Age cremations, found in 1882, during railway construction at Blankney.
Type and Period (3)
- CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
- BURIAL (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
- CREMATION CEMETERY (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Four Bronze Age urns were discovered in 1882, during construction of the Blankney to Metheringham section of the Lincoln to Spalding railway. The vessels were thought to have been recovered from the area around Brickyard Farm in Blankney. They were removed by R.W.Campion who later presented two to Derby Museum and a third to St Albans Museum. The fate of the fourth is unknown. All three surviving vessels were biconical urns and are now in City and County Museum. Cremated bone from three separate individuals was found in one of the urns, although it was thought likely that the remains had been amalgamated into this vessel from each of the separate surviving vessel. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI2344 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 00 SE: 11.
- <2> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 06 SE: A.
- <3> SLI660 Article in Serial: D.F. Petch. 1961. ‘Archaeological Notes for 1959 and 1960’ in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. vol.9, part.1, pp.9-11.
- <4> SLI8068 Article in Serial: A.B. Page (ed.). 1985. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire and South Humberside, 1984' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.20, pp.75-7.
- <5> SLI8 Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. 277-1894; LM 20.59; LM 14.61.
- <6> SLI7539 Unpublished Document: Page, T. and Harman, M.. Bronze Age urns. -.
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Location
| Grid reference | TF 089 604 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BLANKNEY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Nov 18 2021 1:11PM
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