Accession No

1969.84.1


Description

Large rectangular roof tile, slightly curved, incised double lines along one long and short edge. Material orange to dark orange with inclusions.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Bene't Street; Barclays Bank


Period

Post Medieval


Source

Barclays Bank [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1969.84.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

277mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found by workmen in 1968 employed in rebuilding under Barclays Bank, possibly from a pit.
Event Date 1968
Author: maa


Context (References)
McCarthy, M. R. (1974). 'An Early Seventeenth-century Pit Goup from Bene't Street, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65(2), pp. 79-92.
Event Date 1974
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1969.84[.1-3]: 'Roof tiles in orange colour coarse clay. One complete tile and three fragments. One of the fragments is a dark grey colour internally'
Event Date 24/7/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Large rectangular roof tile, slightly curved, incised double lines along one long and short edge. Material orange to dark orange with inclusions.
Event Date 12/1/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:19380

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