Accession No
1951.310 B
Description
Sherd from the pedestal base of a vessel of pinkish brown ware.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Abington Pigotts; Bellus Hill
Period
Early Iron Age
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; de Courcy Ireland, Montagu George [vendor]; Pigott, William Graham Foster (Reverend) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.310 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
53mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Iron Age/Roman settlement site found during the course of coprolite extraction, 1879-1894, on land owned by Rev. William G.F. Pigott.
Event Date 1879
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
Pigott, William G. F. (1888). ‘Some account of the site of a Roman Veteran’s holding at Abington Pigotts, in the County of Cambridge’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 6.2. pp. 309-312.
Event Date 1888
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1924). ‘A Settlement of the Early Iron Age at Abington Pigotts, Cambs., and its Subsequent History; as Evidenced by Objects Preserved in the Pigott Collection’. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, 4(2). Pp. 211-233.
Event Date 1924
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Pedestal base of pinkish brown ware. Small, hand made.
Event Date 23/2/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Sherd from the pedestal base of a vessel of pinkish brown ware.
Event Date 20/6/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:16005
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