Context (Analysis)
Though the boundaries of what is A and what is B is unclear, the catalogue card reads: 'A equals above mortar layer' and 'B equals below mortar layer'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
'A' above mortar layer, ' B' below mortar layer. Zone E, horizontal layer 5, south ward. Excavated by Charles Frederick Tebbutt and Thomas Charles Lethbridge in 1949-1950.
Event Date 1949
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
Lethbridge, T. C. and Tebbutt, C. F. (1952). ‘Excavations on The Castle Site known as 'The Hillings' at Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol 45. pp. 48-60
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Addyman, P. V. (1965). 'Appendix I: Pottery from the 1949-50 Excavations at Eaton Socon Castle' in ‘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. 71-73, Fig 14.22
Event Date 1965
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Descritiption for 1953.171 B[.1-57]: 'Sherds etc, including 12th Century glazed Stamford Ware'

Event Date 22/3/1988
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Strap handle, probably from a jug or pitcher, C shaped in profile, decorated on one surface with four rows of finger impressions. Outer material and core brown in colour with pink tones, shelly inclusions.
Event Date 31/1/2024
Author: Stephanie Chinneck