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Monument Number 47784
Hob Uid: 47784
Location : Calderdale Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SE0937024010
Summary : Three urns found (one with overhanging rim), Heath, Skircoat
More information : [SE 09302408] (3) Three Bronze Age cinerary urns were found at the gates at the bottom of the walk near Shaw Hill leading to the house called Heath in Skircoat. (1-3) The district "Shaw Hill" is now built-up, and "Heath" (formerly at SE 09302395 (a) ) no longer exists. An approximate find-spot answering the description above would be at SE 09372401. Roth further states that two of the urns were broken, and that the third was similar to the overhanging type found at Tower Hill [SE 02 NE 10] The present whereabouts of these finds is unknown. (4) SE 09372401. Heath, Skircoat, Halifax. Three urns found prior to 1775. "At the bottom of the walk leading to the house called Heath in Skircoat". They were 3' below the surface, 3' apart and inverted; two were broken, the third containing calcined bones and dust, was 8" high and 4" diameter at the base. Lost. Additional bibliographic references.(5)(6)

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Source details : Hist Halifax 1775 61 fig (J Watson)
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Source details : Yks Coiners 1906 292 (H L Roth)
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Source details : Corr 6" (R Patterson 1950)
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Source details : F1 RWE 20-JUL-64
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Source Number : 4a
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Source details : OS 6" 1854
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Barnes B, 1982, Man and the Changing Landscape, Univ of Liverpool, Dept of Prehist Archaeol, Work Notes 3, 115
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : "Bronze Age finds from Skircoat, Halifax", R A Varley, Yorks Archaeol J, Vol 45, 1973, 173
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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Cinerary Urn
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 02 SE 7
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-07-20
End Date : 1964-07-20

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 47784