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Anglo-Saxon urn and weapons from Barham Down, Kent
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The drawing shows two indeterminate 'handles', and a biconical urn, decorated with lines and stamps and apparently either lugs or applied cordons. It could be of Bronze Age date, or possibly Anglo-Saxon. The objects are from a barrow on Barham Down, excavated by Thomas Mantell in 1810.
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Title: Anglo-Saxon urn and weapons from Barham Down, Kent
Description:
The drawing shows two indeterminate 'handles', and a biconical urn, decorated with lines and stamps and apparently either lugs or applied cordons.
It could be of Bronze Age date, or possibly Anglo-Saxon.
The objects are from a barrow on Barham Down, excavated by Thomas Mantell in 1810.
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