WHAT IS THE BARREL URN ?

BARREL URN: Type of large Middle Bronze Age pot found within the Deverel-Rimbury ceramic tradition of southern Britain c. 1500 bc through to 1200 bc. Barrel urns have a distinctive profile, wider in the middle than at the base or the rim, often with applied cordons that are decorated with fingertip impressions. They were used as storage vessels and as containers for cremations.