Accession No

TEMP.01752 E


Description

Four chert nodules, one worked flint or chert, and seven pottery sherds from different vessels; one rim sherd and six body sherds. Four of the body sherds are glazed. One body sherd has possible evidence of mica dusting.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Newmarket Bypass


Period

Neolithic ?Roman Medieval Post Medieval


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.01752 E; NWM 83 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic (fired); Pottery; Stone; Chert; Flint


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found, unaccessioned, in a box marked 'Cambridge Western Bypass M11 Field-Walking Finds', in a larger box marked 'Cambridge M11/Newmarket Bypass Fieldwalking Finds'. The Cambridge Western Bypass M11 material was assigned the TEMP number TEMP.01745 and the Newmarket Bypass material was assigned TEMP.01746, TEMP.01751 and TEMP.01752.

The Newmarket Bypass fieldwalking material was likely to have been collected in 1972 and 1973, according to the site codes; it is not currently known when it entered the museum.
Event Date 17/5/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Physical description)
Four chert nodules, one worked flint or chert, and seven pottery sherds from different vessels; one rim sherd and six body sherds. Four of the body sherds are glazed. One body sherd has possible evidence of mica dusting.
Event Date 18/5/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt


FM:296524

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