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Iron Age vessels
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The British Museum, Janina Parol, 2011-10-21 10:00:50
Title
Iron Age vessels
Description
English: Two Iron Age, Iron and copper alloy hemispherical vessels, probably cauldrons. Recovered (on the advice of English Heritage) during an archaeological evaluation undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology Ltd.

Description - At least two vessels of very similar form but of different sizes. In addition, running beneath the larger bowl is a large iron object with a rounded terminal. Both vessels appear to have been hemispherical in shape and comprised a solid iron hoop at the top of the rim to which are attached two iron suspension rings, one on either side. The rim is supported by a thick iron band which is then laminated with the very thin copper alloy sheet which forms the bowl.
The objects were found side by side and are in a very fragmentary state, still largely covered with soil, with parts of the copper alloy bowl breaking away.

Dimensions Vessel 1 Diameter 480mm Height 180mm
Vessel 2 Diameter 610mm, height unknown.

Discussion
The vessels are similar in form to up to 12 vessels recovered from a single pit at Chiseldon, Wiltshire in 2005. These vessels date to the later Iron Age. In addition to the Chisledon finds, a similar vessel has also been recovered from a late Iron Age context at Letchworth, Hertfordshire.

The objects constitute treasure under the amendment to the Treasure Act 2002, being two or more base metal objects found together, of prehistoric date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date IRON AGE
Accession number
FindID: 467909
Old ref: BM-133A42
Filename: 2009T712b.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/350747
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/350747/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/467909
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Object location52° 38′ 58.2″ N, 1° 12′ 21.13″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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