Accession No

2007.460 A


Description

73 bags of unglazed pottery, one bag contains seven tile fragments. The bags also contain three glazed pottery pieces, two porcelain sherds, four glass shards, one clay marble, three bone fragments, one piece of slate, four charcoal fragments, 19 pieces of daub, one piece of shell, one iron nail and several indeterminate small iron flakes and fragments.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; [Huntingdonshire]; Eaton Socon; Castle Hills [The Hillings]


Period

Saxo Norman Medieval


Source

Addyman, Peter [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2007.460 A; ES62


Cultural Affliation


Material

Pottery; Ceramic; Glass; Clay; Marble; Bone; Slate; Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Peter V. Addyman, for the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, 1962. See finds tag for excavation context.
Event Date 1962
Author: Jodi Zhang


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.
Event Date 1965
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (Acquisition Details)
Material excavated by Addyman in the 1960s and only recently donated to the Museum.
Event Date 2007
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
ES62 (Box 1) containing pottery.
Event Date 2007
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
73 bags of unglazed pottery, one bag contains seven tile fragments. The bags also contain three glazed pottery pieces, two porcelain sherds, four glass shards, one clay marble, three bone fragments, one piece of slate, four charcoal fragments, 19 pieces of daub, one piece of shell, one iron nail and several indeterminate small iron flakes and fragments.
Event Date 31/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay


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