Record ID: LANCUM-FAE0E7
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone fragments probably human associated with a ring-necked flagon late first to early second century AD (LANCUM-FA8547). The length ranges from 8 - 52 mm, and the width is 5-13mm the thickness 4-12mm and the weight is 13.27g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BECKFOOT', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-466281
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cremation from Ancaster The Cremated Bone By Jennifer Wood Introduction A single cremation urn was recovered during groundwork's undertaken as Ancaster, a well known Roman town with extensive cemeteries from the period of occupation. Methodology The cremated remains were processed and analysed according to the standards recommended by the British Association of Biological Anthropologists and Osteologists (BABAO) in conjunction with the Institute for Archaeologists (IfA) (Guidelines to recording Human Remains, Brickley and McKinley (eds) 2004). The remains were macr…
Created on: Monday 19th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-FE9016
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Roman cremation. The find consists of an incomplete cream-coloured Nene-Valley ware flagon with cremated human remains inside it. The flagon has a pedestal base, wide globular body and an incomplete narrow neck. The vessel has been partially restored by the landowner. The bone is mostly well cremated however there are a few larger broken bones, some of which do not appear to have been burnt. One of these bones in particular displays two short cut marks across the surface of the bone, suggesting that some degree of butchering has taken place. It is possible that these larg…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.