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After Powell-Cotton et al 1924.<\/em><\/p>\n The image for Day 199 of the VM_365 project shows a Middle Bronze Age Bronze Hoard found in 1904 during brickearth extraction at Birchington.<\/p>\n The hoard comprised 14 palstave axes found in a globular fineware bowl of Deverel Rimbury type. Deposition within a pottery vessel is unusual and few other similar examples exist.<\/p>\n The vessel, which had been broken and the lower parts of which were missing, was stamped with two bands of concentric impressed rings above and below a band of scored horizontal lines. The vessel was restored in 1923.<\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n Powell-Cotton, P. H. G. and Crawford, O. G. S. 1924. The Birchington Hoard. The Antiquaries Journa<\/em>l 4, 220-226.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After Powell-Cotton et al 1924. The image for Day 199 of the VM_365 project shows a Middle Bronze Age Bronze Hoard found in 1904 during brickearth extraction at Birchington. The hoard comprised 14 palstave axes found in a globular fineware bowl of Deverel Rimbury type. Deposition within a pottery vessel is unusual and few other … Continue reading VM_365 Day 199 The Birchington Bronze Hoard<\/span>