Description

Summary: fragments of pottery partially reconstructed, from Bishops Cannings G76, Wiltshire.

Research results

22 sherds of prehistoric pottery, excavated from Beckhampton Road Longbarrow by Paul Ashbee in 1964. The sherds are reduced with a black core and surface, with patches of dark brown, and a fine grained, quartz-sand temper. The sherds join to form a mostly complete small jar comparable to vessels from nearby All Cannings Cross, and the fact it was deposited complete suggests it may have contained a cremation, or have been a deliberate votive offering. It was found buried in the fill of the south ditch of the long barrow.