Monument record MDO8562 - Bronze Age cremation burial at Cheddington Road, Bournemouth

A Bronze Age urned cremation burial was found in 1935 during the construction of Cheddington Road. The undecorated urn was inverted and contained the remains of a child aged about 7 years and an adult aged 18-20 years. No trace of a barrow was noted.

Urn 15" high with overhanging rim, free from decoration, found on July 12 1935, by R Ford in a new road (Cheddington Road) adjoining Cox Avenue, Bournemouth. The urn lay inverted 20" above the original ground level in a brown loam resting on the surface of the gravel. The urn was about 3/4 full of burnt bones, dust and earth. Dr Cameron reports that the remains are those of a child aged about 7 years, and also of an adult aged 18-20 years. No evidence of a former barrow. <1>

Middle Bronze Age urn found 1935. In Poole Museum. <3>

Site now built over. <4>

Calkin, J B, 1935, Transactions of the South Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, 1935, 30-31 (Article in serial). SWX4373.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1940 (Map). SWX1197.

SZ 0948 9556: Middle Bronze urn found 1935

<3> Calkin, J B, Annotated Record Map Corr 6, 1949 (Map). SWX8214.

<4> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F1 FDC 21-NOV-51 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457767 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Middle Bronze Age urn found 1935. In Poole Museum.

SZ 0948 9556: Middle Bronze urn found 1935.

Urn 15" high with overhanging rim, free from decoration, found on
July 12 1935, by R Ford in a new road (Cheddington Road) adjoining Cox Avenue, Bournemouth. The urn lay inverted 20" above the original ground level in a brown loam resting on the surface of the gravel. The urn was about 3/4 full of burnt bones, dust and earth. Dr Cameron reports that the remains are those of a child aged about 7 years, and also of an adult aged 18-20 years. No evidence of a former barrow.

Site now built over.

Record last edited

May 5 2023 3:28PM