Aymestrey stone chest

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Burial of Aymestrey
Burial of Aymestrey

The stone chest of Aymestrey in Herefordshire in England is a 1987 found in a gravel pit well-preserved Early Bronze Age (2400-1600 BC) burial of a boy of the Bell Beaker culture in a stool position , which is now in the Leominster Museum. The site is between the iron mounds of Pyon Wood and Croft Ambrey near a tributary of the River Lugg . A bell jar and a flint knife were found .

See also

literature

  • Simon Woodiwiss: Salvage Excavation of a Beaker Burial from Aymestrey. Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club. XLVI 1989 Part II. 169-176. XLVI 1989 Part II. P. 169.
  • Simon Woodiwiss, Richard Harrison, Frances Lee, Alan Saville: Excavation of a beaker burial from Aymestrey by Hereford and Worcester County Council Archeology Section. (HWCM 7060), 1988

Web links

Commons : Steinkiste by Aymestrey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 57 ′ 54 ″  N , 1 ° 43 ′ 30 ″  W.