A BRONZE AGE FLAT GRAVE AT THE ROACHES, STAFFORDSHIRE

• Published in: Staffordshire Archaeological and Historical Society Transactions Vol. 49; p. 1
• Main Author: Barnatt, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Walsall South Staffordshire Archaeological 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Archaeology; Bronze Age; Cemeteries; Ceramics; Excavation; Funerals; Human remains; Memorials & monuments; United Kingdom > UK; England; Staffordshire England

In May 2015 contractors were repairing the public footpath that passes close to the southern edge of The Roaches outcrop; they made an unexpected discovery. While digging a pit for sand, a mattock was put through a collared urn at a place where there had never been a barrow or other known Bronze Age...