Collared Urn

A type of urn used in the British Early Bronze Age, also called an 'overhanging rim urn'. It has a developed rim which may be straight, convex, or slightly concave in profile. Decoration is normally on the rim or the upper half of the vessel. Collared urns often contained cremation burials, though some have been found in domestic contexts.

Special type of urn used in the British Early Bronze Age. Previously called an ‘overhanging rim urn’, the collared urn has a developed rim which may be straight, convex or slightly concave in profile. Decoration is normally confined either to the rim alone or to the upper half of the vessel. Collared urns were normally used to contain cremation burials, though some have been found in apparently domestic contexts.