Anglo-Saxon cremation urn
Title
Anglo-Saxon cremation urn
Subject
Archaeology
Description
M/1992/1.
This pot is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in Croydon, between February 1893 and September 1894. Some of the objects were given to the old Grangewood Museum in Croydon and are now looked after by Croydon Museum Service. The rest were given to the British Museum. Edridge Road was the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. When this pot was buried there between 1600 and 1300 years ago, it held the remains of a cremated body (Museum reference number M/1992/43).
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This pot is one of several Anglo-Saxon objects found by workmen when they were building Edridge Road in Croydon, between February 1893 and September 1894. Some of the objects were given to the old Grangewood Museum in Croydon and are now looked after by Croydon Museum Service. The rest were given to the British Museum. Edridge Road was the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. When this pot was buried there between 1600 and 1300 years ago, it held the remains of a cremated body (Museum reference number M/1992/43).
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Creator
Croydon Museum Service
Language
English
Date Created
2010-08-11
Files
Citation
Croydon Museum Service, “Anglo-Saxon cremation urn,” Woruldhord, accessed March 29, 2024, http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/items/show/258.