Accession No

TEMP.01745.39


Description

17 possibly Roman sherds, six Post-Medieval sherds, mostly body sherds with one everted rim and one twisted handle. 35 pieces of worked flint; one piece of worked bone possibly a tool. A small fragment of copper alloy, with a scalloped edge and a small perforation.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Western Bypass M11


Period

?Mesolithic ?Neolithic ?Roman ?Post-Medieval


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.01745.39; M11 239/40/41/+ [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint; Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Ceramic; Pottery; Bone


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 M11 fieldwalking material was likely to have been collected prior to the Bypass’ opening in 1974; it is not currently known when it entered the museum.
Event Date 17/5/2022
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
17 possibly Roman sherds, six Post-Medieval sherds, mostly body sherds with one everted rim and one twisted handle. 35 pieces of worked flint; one piece of worked bone possibly a tool. A small fragment of copper alloy, with a scalloped edge and a small perforation.
Event Date 18/5/2022
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:296640

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