Description

Summary: The ceramic finds assemblage from Paul Ashbee's 1964 excavation of the Beckhampton Road Longbarrow

Research results

The ceramic assemblage from Ashbee's 1964 excavation of Beckhampton Road Longbarrow (Bishops Cannings G76). The assemblage inlcudes sherds from multiple neolithic vessels, including a possible Mortlake bowl, and sherds from one or more collared urns, probably derived from the Bronze age round barrow at the east end. The assemblage contains a small sand tempered jar, decorated with finger-tip impressions. The excavators suggest it may have contained a cremation, but are unable to date the vessel and suggest a date of Bronze Age or Pre-Roman iron Age. A negligible number of abraded Romano-British sherds are also reported.