Accession No

Z 26649


Description

Sherd of a bowl of grey ware. Squared rim, below which there is a sub-circular perforation, possibly for suspension.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Meldreth; ?Flambard's Manor


Period

late Anglo Saxon Saxo Norman Medieval


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]; ?Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 26649


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label once attached to object reads: 'TCL says Flambard's Manor/ Meldreth'.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


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 (Related Documents)
The catalogue card reads 'Said by Lethbridge to be from Flambard's Manor'.

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd of bowl pierced (for suspension?).
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Thomas Charles Lethbridge in 1933.
Event Date 1933
Author: Jodi Zhang


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)
Sherd of a bowl of grey ware. Squared rim, below which there is a sub-circular perforation, possibly for suspension.
Event Date 5/12/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:18995

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