A NEOLITHIC FLOOR.
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which is here reproduced (fig. 3). No. 1 is a pedestal urn of the
Avlesford type, about 15 inches high. No. 2 is a barrel-shaped urn
having two bands of cordons on the upper part. It is 81/2 inches
high. No. 3 (Fig. 4) is the base belonging to Mr. Wright which
has been lathed underneath in the manner characteristic of the
period. Mr. Rand will continue to keep this site under
FlG. 3—TWO OF EIGHT URNS FOUND DISPOSED IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT
HAMBOROUGH HILL, NEAR RAYLEIGH.
observation and will report on any further finds that may
occur.
There are several examples of similar form to No. 1, fig. 3., among the
fine collection of Late-Celtic pottery in the Museum at Colchester1, and
one nearly resembling No. 2, fig. 3, but the specimen in the museum is
a little more restricted at the mouth and has only one band of cordons.
There is also one with a foot of the same general form as fig. 4, but Mr.
A. G. Wright, of Colchester Museum, tells me that there is no example
of a base turned in the same manner. Although it is a common character-
istic for the base of Late-Celtic pots to be carefully lathed, they usually
have one rounded moulding left on the edge, which is a common type
known as the "beaded base."
1 Colchester Museum Report, 1909. Plate III.