Accession No
1980.498 B
Description
Three pieces of stone. One red-brown, one white and one black, possibly a piece of cut jet, lignite or bitumen.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Castle Hill; Ridgeons Gardens [Phoenix Gardens]
Period
Roman Medieval
Source
Alexander, John (Dr) [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1980.498 B; RG A2 4 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Deposit: GI Top
Event Date 1962
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Ridgeons Gardens I (Phoenix Gardens), Castle Hill excavations 1962-1963 by John Alexander, Ray Farrar, etc. (Event no. ECB1294).
Event Date 1962
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (References)
Alexander, John and Pullinger, Joyce. (2000). ‘Roman Cambridge: Excavations on Castle Hill 1956-1988’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 88. pp. 1-268
Event Date 2000
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Three pieces of stone. One red-brown, one white and one black, possibly a piece of cut jet, lignite or bitumen.
Event Date 4/5/2022
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Three pieces of stone were found bagged with sherds 1980.498 [A] but not mentioned in the original description. They have now been assigned the suffix 1980.498 B.
Event Date 4/5/2022
Author: maa
FM:296366
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