Accession No

1926.503 A.1


Description

Sherds from a pot. Decorated with a small boss; black to red fabric; sandy temper. 12 sherds present.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Waterbeach; Waterbeach Lodge


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.503 A.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Analysis)
Bagged at an unknown date with the label: 'Sandy / Vessel 1'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Display)
Handwritten display label found with 1926.503 A[.1-25]: 'Potsherds / from 3 houses of the Pagan Anglo-Saxon period / Excavated by T.C. Lethbridge on the bank of the Car Dyke at Waterbeach.'
It is not clear if all or only some the sherds were on display.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card reads: "This is hut I. Two more found later"
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1926.503 A[.1-25]: 'A large number of potsherds, (a few decorated), chiefly of well known Anglo Saxon types, with a few unfamiliar'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Found: Found by the donor in a dwelling hut which he excavated on the bank of the Car Dyke where it runs through his garden at the Lodge. Hut I
Event Date 1926
Author: maa


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1927). ‘An Anglo-Saxon Hut on the Car Dyke, at Waterbeach.’ The Antiquaries Journal, vol. 7(2). pp. 141-146
Event Date 1927
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. and Tebbutt, Charles F. (1933). 'Huts of the Anglo-Saxon Period: I. Huts of the Pagan Period at Waterbeach and West Row'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol. XXXIII, pp. 133-137
Event Date 1933
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Sherds from a pot. Decorated with a small boss; black to red fabric; sandy temper. 12 sherds present.
Event Date 20/5/2021
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:19571

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