| Description | F.A. Leyland and J.Watson in `History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax' (1868) record the discovery of 5 prehistoric vessels, probably collared urns, a pottery lid and an accessory cup at Tower Hill, Warley in 1848. Two of these, both collared urns, were given to the Halifax Lit. and Philos.Soc.. They passed subsequently to the Bankfield Museum and in 1958 to the Tolson Museum, Huddersfield. Both are published in YAJ vol. 45, p.17, together with the accessory cup.
The cup was, according to Leyland, inside the smallest of the three collared urns. The vessels were all found close together. No info on precise details of provenance. Tower Hill quarries were disused in 1964. The cross ref. to PRN 2295 is included because of other archaeological discoveries on Tower Hill, Warley; in this case, a possible Iron Age enclosure. Information received from D.Haigh (27/11/1991) suggests a more correct grid ref. for these finds would be SE 0547 2611 this is the position marked on O.S. 1st ed. 6 map (sheet 230) for find spot with the note: `Roman urns have been found here'. Mr. Haigh points out that the site became a refuse tip after being a quarry, and is now levelled, re seeded and turned into pasture. He states that it is most unlikely that any archaeology remains. |