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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