gafaCogue of §epuCc^raL* '^otiev'o in f§e 



Compiled by JOHN £. ACLAND, M.A., Curator. 



•HE Dorset County INIuseum is unusually rich in 



specimens of sepulchral pottery found in barrows 



within the county, and, although they have been 



referred to occasionally in papers read before 



the Field Club, I trust that the list which I 



have prepared — a complete list of all that we 



now possess— may be useful for reference and as 



an mterestmg county record. 



So much has been written on pre-historic burial customs that 



I need do no more as an introduction to this catalogue than 



make a few general remarks as an assistance to those who have 



not been able to study the subject for themselves. 



The pottery found in barrows is usually classified under four 

 heads; — (i) Drinking Cups, now sometimes called "Beakers"; 

 (2) Food Vessels; (3) Cinerary Urns; (4) Incense Cups. 

 Drinking cups and food vessels are found deposited with unbumt 

 bodies ; cinerar}- urns, as the name implies, form receptacles for 

 the ashes of the dead; and incense cups are also associated 



