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Wix and Nayland (Suffolk) (H. Laver, E.N., i,, 1887, p. 35).
British urns now in Colchester Museum. 196
Purleigh (E. A. Fitch, E.N., i., 1887, p. 279). Brief record
of cinerary urns. 197
Little Hallingbury (G. E. Pritchett, E.N., iii., 1889, p. 226).
Many British burial urns found in 1876 in a gravel pit
at South House Farm, near Wallbury Camp or "Dells." 198
Colchester (H. Laver, E.N., iii., 1889, p. 116). Six Neolithic
or Bronze Age urns, found together near the Cattle Market.
There was probably a tumulus (long barrow ?) here. Some
of the urns are of later style than others, and were probably
secondary interments. 199
East Essex [121, 122].
Clacton-on-Sea (E.N., vi., 1892, p. 78 ; p. 182 ; vii., 1893,
p. 129 ; viii., 1894, p. 219). Four pre-Roman vessels
[apparently drinking-cups, or "beakers"] found on Mr.
P. Smith's farm at Bull Hill. One of them presented
to Colchester Museum. Also a Romano-British urn found
in making the basement of the Grand Hotel. 200
[Vide also 177,141, 155, 212, 213, 236, 275 ; sections xi., xv., xix.]
b.—Late Celtic and Romano-British.
Braintree (W. Cole, E.N., xiii., 1903, pp. 110-112, fig.). Several
Late Celtic urns. 201
Braintree, Skitts Hill site [144]. Late Celtic or possibly Bronze
Age. 202
"Wattle-and-Daub," Barking side (W. Crouch, E.N., iv., 1890,
p. 18 ; vii, 1893, p. 107 ; viii., 1894, p. 49). Found with
Romano-British pottery in St. Swithin's Farm gravel pit. 203
Loom-weight, or Net Sinker, Barking Side (C. Aldham, E.N.,
xi., 1899, p. 25). Found on same site, not stated whether
pottery or stone. 204
Rayleigh (F. W. Reader, E.N., xvi., 1911, p. 253, fig.). Late
Celtic urns from Hamborough Hill. 205
[Vide also 195, 200, 279]
XI—Pit-Dwellings, (Rubbish-Pits ?), Pile-Dwellings.
Little Dunmow (G. F. Beaumont, E.N., vii, 1893, p. 130).
Several small pits containing small fragments of pottery
and charred wood. 206
Theydon Mount (E.N., xvii., 1912, p. 119). Small oval
pockets exposed in brickyard, containing charcoal, primitive
pottery, etc. 207