Accession No
Z 24665
Description
Base sherd from a pedestal urn. Red ware.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Abington Pigotts; Bellus Hill
Period
Iron Age
Source
de Courcy Ireland, Elizabeth Mildred [vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 24665
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
152mm
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)
Accession Register: 'Base of Iron Age pedestal urn, red ware'
Event Date 14/4/1978
Author: maa
FM:16017
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