Accession No

1948.2241 A


Description

Large thick sherd of very coarse ware from the base of cooking pot. Heavily gritted with pounded flint and possibly shell. The interior is pink, the exterior is burnt.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Hadstock Road


Period

Early Iron Age


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.2241 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Early Iron Age site. Excavated by Thomas C. Lethbridge and Geoffrey H.S. Bushnell in August 1948.
Event Date 8/1948
Author: Louise Puckett


Context (References)
Fell, C. I. (1953). 'An Early Iron Age Settlement at Linton, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 46. pp. 31-42
Event Date 1953
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (Physical description)
Description of 1948.2241 A-D: 'Sherds of very coarse base of cooking pot. Heavily gritted with pounded flint and possibly shell too.'
Event Date 18/2/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Large thick sherd of very coarse ware from the base of cooking pot. Heavily gritted with pounded flint and possibly shell. The interior is pink, the exterior is burnt.
Event Date 22/6/2022
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:13479

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