Context (Display)
Old label found with these objects, probably relating to all this collection reads: ‘Sherds etc. [section missing] the site of a Manor house, Flambard's Manor, Meldreth, Cambs. Most of the sherds shown are from a layer earlier than the one which contained a coin of Henry III. They are chiefly 'Norman' & include only a few of the late Saxon type.’ A further old label adds: "C.A.S. Proc. Vol. XXXV".
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Context (Field collection)
Found from surface of the moated site [i.e. Flambard's Manor]. Excavated by Thomas Charles Lethbridge in 1933.

Event Date 1933
Author: maa

Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. and Tebbutt, C.F. (1935). ‘Ancient Lime-kilns at Great Paxton, Hunts., their relation to the Anglo-Saxon Church at Great Paxton, and a Tentative Scheme for dating Pottery of the Late Saxon Period.’ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 35, pp. 97-105.
Event Date 1935
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 25301 [A-B]: 'Handles, rims, body sherds, tiles.'
Event Date 15/8/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
116 sherds of varied colour and fabric, including grey and buff ware and 17 pieces with traces of green and yellowish brown glaze; turning marks on some pieces. 54 rim sherds. Seven handles, including one reconstructed from two pieces; two rod handles, one of which has a central groove; five strap handles, two with grooves, one with stab marks, one with a central groove, and one with frilled edges. 29 body sherds, some with thumbed impressions. 26 base sherds, one of which is thumbed.
Event Date 6/12/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang