Accession No

1952.444


Description

Tile; Nail; Hypocaust; Sherd - Fragments of roofing tiles, hypocaust and sherds of pottery, also iron nails


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Arbury


Period

Roman


Source

City Engineer, Cambridge


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1952.444


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Tile; Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
See PCAS 49, pp.13-23; Found: Arbury Road Building Estate; Excavated by Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge University in 1952: Found beneath the chalk floor which covered coffin 1952.442; different depths and positions shown on the pieces: the nails were found with Skeleton 6
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Fragments of roofing tiles, hypocaust and sherds of pottery, also iron nails
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Frend, W.H.C. 1955. 'A Romano-British Settlement at Arbury Road, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol XLVIII. pp. 10-43.
Event Date 14/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Liversidge, Joan. 1977. 'Roman Burials in the Cambridge Area'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LXVII. pp. 11-38.
Event Date 14/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
A note the accompanied the bag of nails reads 'Nails and triangular piece of iron found with skeleton 6 (Cyril) Arbury Rd'. In addition each piece of sherd and tile is marked with its location within the trench.
Event Date 14/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Annual Report. December 1953. pp. 3.
Event Date 14/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
A number of sherds from different wares including colour coated and coarse wares. Tiles from a roof and hypocaust and a number of well preserved iron nails and fragments thereof.
Event Date 14/4/2014
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Fell, Clare. 1956. 'Roman Burials Found at Arbury Road, Cambridge, 1952'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol XLIX. pp. 13-23.
Event Date 14/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Frend, W.H.C. 1959. 'Further Finds on the Arbury Road Estate'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LII. pp. 69-72.
Event Date 14/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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