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This ceramic urn was found in a cemetery at Brackmont Mill near Leuchars in Fife. It was used to hold cremated remains sometime between 2000 and 1500 BC.

The urn, here pictured upside down, has a pronounced collar which is decorated with a row of double triangles made by impressed cord. The neck is decorated with incised lines in a lattice pattern. The base has not survived.

By around 1750 BC, in mainland Scotland, cremation had become the favoured funerary custom. Cremated remains were usually placed in an urn, buried upside down in a cist or pit. As before, individuals were buried in cemeteries, either flat or mounded.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-028-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 728
• Date: Between 2000 and 1500 BC
  
• Material: Collared; rim bevel with line of chevrons of impressed cord, collar decorated by impressed cord making a row of double triangles; incised lattice on the neck
  Pottery / cinerary urn
  
• Dimensions: 7" rim D x 8.4" remaining H
  
• What: Pottery / cinerary urn
  
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• Where: Scotland, Fife, Leuchars, Brackmont Mill
  
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• Description: Pottery / cinerary urn
  
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