Reconstruction Drawing of Bronze Age Pottery

Photograph taken 1998 © Peter Dunn. Source Historic England Archive Photo Library ref: N980005

Reconstruction drawing of a Bronze Age (2600-700BC) food vessel (left), Collared Urn (centre) and incense pot (right). The food vessel would have been used for cooking. Collared Urns were used for cremations. After death people were cremated (burnt) and their ashes were placed in the large urn, which was then buried (often upside down) in the ground. The small pot may have been used for burning incense.

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Prehistoric (to AD42)

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Bronze Age objects found at Beeston Castle, including axe heads and a knife. Beeston Castle is located on a rocky crag above the Cheshire plain. The site has been occupied since prehistoric times and excavations have revealed remains spanning the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman periods. Beeston Castle itself was begun in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blundeville, the Sixth Earl of Chester. These objects are now in the care of English Heritage (2011).
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Reconstruction Drawing of Bronze Age Pottery

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