Accession No

1949.699.3


Description

Small rim sherd from a burnished bowl or vessel of early Iron Age type. Grooves are visible on the shoulder under the rim.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Hadstock Road


Period

Iron Age


Source

Bond, P. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1949.699.3


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

85mm x 43mm x 20mm Weight 0.029kg


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: From pits in the chalk at Linton
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Of burnished ware, varying from black to red brown. They have formed bowls and jars of characteristic early iron age forms. One of the fragments is of a large black bowl with grooves below the neck and a perforation
Event Date 1949
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Fell, C. I., Lethbridge, T. C. and Bushnell, G. H. S. (1949). 'Archaeological Notes. Iron Age Site at Linton'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 42. p. 129.
Event Date 1949
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Fell, C. I. (1953). 'An Early Iron Age Settlement at Linton, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 46.
Event Date 1953
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Fell, C. I. (1953). 'An Early Iron Age Settlement at Linton, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 46. pp. 31-42
Event Date 1953
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Small rim sherd from a burnished bowl or vessel of early Iron Age type. Grooves are visible on the shoulder under the rim.
Event Date 3/10/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age A.
Event Date 21/6/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:281640

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