Description

Summary: 2 fragments of sheet bronze, found with primary cremation in bell barrow Winterbourne Stoke G4, excavated by William Cunnington

Research results

This object was examined as part of the research published in Ritual in Early Bronze Age Grave Goods; a six-year research project carried out by Professor John Hunter and Dr Anne Woodward and funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Aided by a large number of other specialists the pair undertood an exhuastive study examining over 1000 objects held in 13 museums across the country in order to provide an extensive overview of burial practices in the period and identify regional practices.

Two fragments of copper alloy sheet, found by William Cunnington when he had excavated bell barrow Winterbourne Stoke G4. The fragments were found associated with the primary cremation which according to Colt Hoare was buried in a wooden box which had been encased in a layer of clay; Colt Hoard believed the fragments to be fittings from the wooden box. The grave goods found with this burial were a pair of daggers, an unusual four-part pommel, a pair of bone 'tweezers' and a lost bone pin.