Accession No
1951.314
Description
18 body sherds and one base from multiple butt beakers. Some of the vessels are wheel thrown. Some are decorated with grooves and ridges, some are rouletted, and one base and one body sherd are stamped with diagonal comb marks.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Abington Pigotts; Bellus Hill
Period
Late Iron Age 1st century AD
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; de Courcy Ireland, Montagu George [vendor]; Pigott, William Graham Foster (Reverend) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.314
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
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: Emily Shorter
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: Emily Shorter
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: Emily Shorter
Context (Analysis)
The card has the following entry; " Possibly native copies of the imported wares. Such were found at Colchester" Date: 1 Century AD - Early
Event Date 1951
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Sherds of rouletted butt beakers, rather coarser in texture than 1951.311-312. One sherd, which gives the base angle of the vessel, is decorated with stamped diagonal comb marks
Event Date 23/2/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
18 body sherds and one base from multiple butt beakers. Some of the vessels are wheel thrown. Some are decorated with grooves and ridges, some are rouletted, and one base and one body sherd are stamped with diagonal comb marks.
Event Date 22/6/2022
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:16010
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