Accession No

Z 30517 B


Description

Complete and fragmented snail shells. 110 pieces present plus a bag of fragments.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Castle Hill; Gloucester Street


Period

Roman


Source

Browne, David M. [excavator and donor] 


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 30517 B; GS70 25 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Snail Shell


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Analysis)
Cf. 1974.106-107, 1974.112, 1974.123, 1974.130-131, 1974.227-235, 1974.237-239
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Field collection)
From Roman site.
Deposit: GV Top -
Event Date 1970
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Gloucester Street, Castle Hill excavations at 10 Gloucester Street (Event no. ECB4933) and at the corner with Castle Street (Event no. ECB4934), 1970 by David Browne. See archive for (GO3/3/35 and Doc.500). 
Event Date 1970
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card Z 30517 [A-D]: 'Sherds of Samian colour-coated painted and coarse ware (including large storage jar); pieces of animal-bones and Tooth, oyster- (end other aquatic) and snail-shells'
Event Date 1974
Author: maa


Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65. p. 16, Map I 
Event Date 1974
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Complete and fragmented snail shells. 110 pieces present plus a bag of fragments.
Event Date 6/5/2022
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:296382

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