Accession No

1948.2241 B


Description

Thick base sherd from a very coarse ware cooking pot. Heavily gritted with pounded flint and possibly shell. Flat base sherd in two pieces.


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 B


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)
Now in two pieces.
Event Date 13/12/2000
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (Physical description)
Thick base sherd from a very coarse ware cooking pot. Heavily gritted with pounded flint and possibly shell. Flat base sherd in two pieces.
Event Date 22/6/2022
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:13480

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