Context (Field collection)
Site AR VIII, Manor Farm, excavated by John Alexander and David Trump, 1968-1969. 
Manor Farm Arbury Road excavations, 1965-1969 (Event no. ECB359). See archive for unpublished reports (Doc.493-Doc.497 and GO3/3/41). 
Event Date 1968
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (References)
Alexander, John, et al. (1968). ‘Excavations in Cambridge 1968: A Preliminary Report on Excavations.’ Unpublished report. 
Event Date 1968
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (References)
Alexander, John, et al. (1969). ‘Excavations in Cambridge 1969: A Preliminary Report on Excavations at Arbury Road.’ Unpublished report. 
Event Date 1969
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1996.555 [A-B]: 'Mixture of sherds, bone and shell.
Horningsea storage jar, greyware jar, NVCC rouletted beaker with underslip barbotine, greyware everted jar and hooked bowl, ?Hadham redware. Late 2nd century AD.'
Event Date 17/10/1996
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (CMS Context)
On bag: "Unselected material from Roman surface scatter. Bone separate.".
From Arbury Excavations site: AR VIII, Trench: A6/L2. **Temp Bag: ak13.
Pottery descriptions edited by Dr. Gavin Lucas (Feb. 1998)
Event Date 17/10/1996
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Five pieces of shell; one animal tooth; ten fragments of bone and two pieces of stone.
Event Date 25/5/2021
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Sherds, shell, bone, tooth and stone were found bagged together as 1996.555, although the tooth and stone were not mentioned in the original description. The sherds have now been assigned the suffix A and the rest of the material the suffix B with the possibility of further splitting in the future if desired.
Event Date 25/5/2021
Author: Katrina Dring