A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . with a cinerary urn, two bronze pins and small beads ; on thebottom are deeply incised concentric rings closely resembling thedesign often seen on cup-marked stones (below Case C). The ornamented cover (fig. 23) of a vase somewhat Uke that. Fig. 23.—Cover of urn, Durnford, 2 52 DESCRIPTION OF CASES 19, 20 from Broughton, Hants (fig. 24), was found with cremated burialsin one of seven barrows at Durnford, Wilts., and is of comparativerarity. Toed-vessels have been found with covers (fig.

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A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . with a cinerary urn, two bronze pins and small beads ; on thebottom are deeply incised concentric rings closely resembling thedesign often seen on cup-marked stones (below Case C). The ornamented cover (fig. 23) of a vase somewhat Uke that. Fig. 23.—Cover of urn, Durnford, 2 52 DESCRIPTION OF CASES 19, 20 from Broughton, Hants (fig. 24), was found with cremated burialsin one of seven barrows at Durnford, Wilts., and is of comparativerarity. Toed-vessels have been found with covers (fig. 30) inYorkshire, and a remarkable casket with lid is shown in Case F. Cases 19, 20. On the main shelf is a series of drinking-cups which mayto a great extent date from the neolithic period, but shouldbe noticed here as the earliest well-defined type of sepulchralpottery in the country. Special attention may be drawn toa specimen with handle from Appleford, Berks., found near the

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