Accession No
1968.344 C
Description
One base sherd from a wheel made vessel of gritty ware. Coarse fabric with a few white inclusions. Red exterior surface, grey core, and a buff interior surface. The vessel has a thick, flat, obtuse-angled base, and thinner walls with throwing striations near the base and combed decoration above.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; [Huntingdonshire]; Eaton Socon; Castle Hills [The Hillings]
Period
Saxo Norman Medieval
Source
Addyman, Peter Vincent [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1968.344 C; ES 62 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
From D3, feature 1 (ditch cutting through house). Excavated by Peter V. Addyman, for the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, 1962.
Event Date 1962
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Addyman, P. V. (1965). ‘Late Saxon Settlements in the St Neots Area: I. The Saxon Settlement and Norman Castle at Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 58. pp. 38-73. Fig. 9, No. 63. [Note: the publication does not include a description for this sherd, but the sherd is of similar fabric and decoration to Fig. 9, No. 61 (1968.343 M)].
Event Date 1965
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1968.344 C: 'Fragment of base of a dish or bowl.'
Event Date 1968
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
One base sherd from a wheel made vessel of gritty ware. Coarse fabric with a few white inclusions. Red exterior surface, grey core, and a buff interior surface. The vessel has a thick, flat, obtuse-angled base, and thinner walls with throwing striations near the base and combed decoration above.
Event Date 1/2/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:24971
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