Record ID: IOW-1EFED6
Object type: URN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly fragment of a decorated urn handle. This object is curved at one end and concave in section.
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-974567
Object type: URN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a handmade ceramic vessel or cremation urn dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period, AD 410-600. Sub-oval in form and rectangular in cross-section with a slight curve indicating it is probably a single sherd from the side of a vessel. The outer side has been punched with a total of 5 circles with internal crosses of the Briscoe Category B Crosses and X-shapes, above this are two transverse grooves. Urn decoration is generally carried on the shoulder of cremation vessels which could imply that this sherd is from the upper part of the vessel. The surfaces are black and the f…
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 24th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbournby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-B9B6A2
Object type: URN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 1920s/30s Art-Deco urn (garden decoration) made from a conglomerate man-made material best termed as concrete. The object stands 230mm high, with an outer diameter of 185mm. The walls of the top of the piece are 32mm thick.The 'cup' is 80mm deep. The base has a diameter of 132mm. The object has been cast in concrete, probably mass produced in a mould. There are no tool or working marks that would be visible had it been carved or ground from stone, even a soft stone such as sandstone. On the inside edge of the urn is visible a small strip of iron embedded into the surface. T…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th September 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-5B87C3
Object type: URN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery urn fragment. Handmade body sherd in a sandy black fabric bearing three adjacent sub-circular stamped impressions of diameter 5mnm, probably made with an improvised bone tool. This sherd was kindly identified by Wallace Collyer of the Community Archaeology Programme; his suggestion of an Anglo-Saxon date was kindly confirmed by Dr Kevin Leahy. The findspot lies away from known burial sites of this period; the Sheffield's Hill cemetery being the nearest known. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 450-600. Length: 23.9mm, Width: 15.4mm, Thickness: 6.2mm, Weight: 2.86gms.
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Risby', grid reference and parish protected.