Accession No
2007.458 A.18
Description
20 St Neots ware sherds, from multiple vessels, including two rims, two bases and one rim or base, one sherd reconstructed with adhesives. Both rims simple and inverted. Outer surfaces dark brown to black with reddish tone, cores of same colour or black, shelly inclusions.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; [Huntingdonshire]; Little Paxton
Period
late Anglo Saxon 10th century 11th century
Source
Addyman, Peter Vincent [excavator and donor]; Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2007.458 A.18
Cultural Affliation
Material
Pottery; Ceramic
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Some pieces possibly marked in pencil, but no longer decipherable.
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Peter V. Addyman and Charles F. Tebbutt, 1961-1962.
Event Date 1961
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Addyman, P. V. (1969). 'Late Saxon settlements in the St. Neots area. II. The Little Paxton settlements and enclosures'. PCAS LXII. p. 59-93
Event Date 1969
Author: Annie McKay
Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.458 [A-I]: LP61 + ?LP62 (Box 2/?Box 3) containing pottery.
Event Date 2007
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Material excavated by Addyman in the 1960s and only recently donated to the Museum.
Event Date 2007
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.458 A[.1-20]: Seventeen bags of St Neots ware sherds, mostly unillustrated. There are twenty rim sherds and seven base sherds.
Event Date 14/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay
Description (Physical description)
20 St Neots ware sherds, from multiple vessels, including two rims, two bases and one rim or base, one sherd reconstructed with adhesives. Both rims simple and inverted. Outer surfaces dark brown to black with reddish tone, cores of same colour or black, shelly inclusions.
Event Date 8/9/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck
FM:303939
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