Monument record MDO19458 - Urned Cremation, St Catherine's Hill Bowl Barrow

An early Bronze Age collared urn containing the partial remains of a cremation were discovered protruding from the top of a bowl barrow on St. Catherine's Hill by members of the SWAA.

Members oF South Wessex Archaeological Association discovered and excavated a cremation urn discovered protruding from the top of a bowl barrow during a survey of St Catherin'es Hill in January 1974.

It was an Early Bronze Age collared urn inverted with the base and some of the contents missing. Fragments of cremated bone suggested that the burial was that of a youth. The broken remains of an inverted pigmy cup were also found, as was a carbonised fragment of a hazel kernel.

The urn was found on the northern face of the barrow close to the north eastern corner of the 1921 excavation trench.

<1> Hedges, M and Aitken, P, 1975 , A Note on an Inurned Burial from a Barrow on St Catherine's Hill, Christchurch; Rescue Archaeology in Hampshire 3 (Article in serial). SWX7486.

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