Accession No
TEMP.01745.40
Description
139 pieces of worked flint and 14 sherds, one with a glaze, and one rim sherd.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Western Bypass M11
Period
?Mesolithic ?Neolithic ?Roman ?Post-Medieval
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.01745.40; M11 244/+ [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint; Ceramic; Pottery
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)
139 pieces of worked flint and 14 sherds, one with a glaze, and one rim sherd.
Event Date 18/5/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:296641
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