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HER Number:30668.11
Name:WATCH CROFT - Bronze Age findspot

Summary

An urn containing calcined bones and a small flint disc, found by WC Borlase during the excavation of a cairn.

Grid Reference:SW 4191 3544
Parish:Morvah, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 36.1
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30668.11
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 27.11

Monument Type(s):

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Full description

WC Borlase records the find of an urn which stood mouth upwards inside the cist (30668.1) excavated by him in 1863, in a cairn (30668) at Watch Croft. It contained calcined bones and a small flint disc, which was smashed by a workman (b1). Abercromby in 1912 describes the urn as late Bronze Age with cord marking (b5) and Parchett classifies the urn as class G, late Bronze Age, Deverel-Rimbury influence after 750 BC (b7).

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Site history:
1: 1960. PITCHER, GH / OS
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<1> Borlase, WC, 1863, Excavations and Discoveries 1862-63, 6-17, 21, 23-25 (Unpublished document). SCO2890.

<2> Borlase, WC, 18--, Antiquarian Notes on Cornwall, 22-28 (Unpublished document). SCO2888.

<3> Borlase, WC, 1872, Naenia Cornubiae, 247-252, 263 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2892.

<4> Borlase, WC, 1882, Laregan Museum List, 90, 161 (Unpublished document). SCO2891.

<5> Abercromby, J, 1912, Bronze Age Pottery, VOL 2, 45-6, FIG 467 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2711.

<6> Page, W (Editor), 1906, Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, VOL II, PT 5, 38 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4068.

<7> Patchett, FM, 1944, Cornish Bronze Age Pottery, TABLE 7, NO 614 (Article in Journal). SCO4087.

<8> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 21 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO2890 - Unpublished document: Borlase, WC. 1863. Excavations and Discoveries 1862-63. MS At RIC. 6-17, 21, 23-25.
[2]SCO2888 - Unpublished document: Borlase, WC. 18--. Antiquarian Notes on Cornwall. MS At RIC. 22-28.
[3]SCO2892 - Bibliographic reference: Borlase, WC. 1872. Naenia Cornubiae. 247-252, 263.
[4]SCO2891 - Unpublished document: Borlase, WC. 1882. Laregan Museum List. MS At RIC. 90, 161.
[5]SCO2711 - Bibliographic reference: Abercromby, J. 1912. Bronze Age Pottery. VOL 2, 45-6, FIG 467.
[6]SCO4068 - Bibliographic reference: Page, W (Editor). 1906. Victoria History of the County of Cornwall. VOL II, PT 5, 38.
[7]SCO4087 - Article in Journal: Patchett, FM. 1944. Cornish Bronze Age Pottery. Archaeological Journal, The. 101. 18-49. TABLE 7, NO 614.
[8]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 21.

Associated Finds

  • FCO2662 - DISC (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
  • FCO3673 - UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
  • FCO2661 - URN (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

30668Part of: WATCH CROFT - Bronze Age cairn (Monument)

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