Context (Display)
Handwritten display label found with Z 11636 A and Z 14800-5: 'Sherds, etc. from ancient lime-kilns at Great Paxton, Cambs. / These kilns were probably used during the building of the Late Saxon (X century) church nearby. The sherds are predominantly of the Late Saxon type & and include only a few of the 'Norman' type.'
It is not clear which of the sherds were previously on display with this label.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Rim sherds of jars of dark brown and black Shelly ware, characteristic of the Late Saxon period. Two of the rims are broad and flat, one having a groove, the other finger printing along its edge and on the flat part'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Lethbridge.T.C and Tebbutt in 1934; Excavated by in ? 1934
Event Date 1934
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. and Tebbutt, Charles F. (1935). 'Ancient Lime-kilns at Great Paxton, Hunts., their relation to the Anglo-Saxon Church at Great Paxton, and a Tentative Scheme for dating Pottery of the Late Saxon Period' in Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol. XXXV, pp. 97-105. [May be illustrated in Plate: 3, 7-9]
Event Date 1935
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
One sherd from a vessel of Shelly ware with a slightly thickened, everted rim. Brown to black fabric with shell temper.
Event Date 17/5/2021
Author: Katrina Dring