Accession No

2007.455 C.17


Description

Two body sherd from two vessels. One of orange clay; one of grey fabric.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; [Huntingdonshire]; Buckden


Period

Iron Age Roman Anglo Saxon Post Medieval


Source

Addyman, Peter Vincent [excavator and donor]; Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2007.455 C.17; BUC61 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Pottery; Ceramic


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Grey sherd marked: 'BUC61 M21 F13 a'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Labels & Markings)
Orange sherd marked: 'BUC61 L2 II M21 F13'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Related Documents)
MAA Archives contain information about 2007.455. These documents are: Doc. 296 - 298.
Event Date
Author: Annie McKay


Context (Analysis)
Archive Doc.298 for select illustrations of sherds.
Event Date
Author: Annie McKay


Context (Analysis)
Archive Doc.297 for notes on pottery.
Event Date
Author: Annie McKay


Context (Field collection)
Bag marked: 'BUC61 F13 Pottery Pit Fill, Unstratified Top Levels' Excavations at Buckden gravel pits by Peter V. Addyman and Charles F. Tebbutt, 1961-1964. See archive for site reports, plans, etc. (Doc.296-Doc.300).  
Event Date 1961
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (References)
Council for British Archaeology. (1961). CBA Group 7 Bulletin 8: Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1961. p. 1 
Event Date 1961
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Acquisition Details)
Material excavated by Addyman in the 1960s and only recently donated to the Museum.
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay


Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.455 [A-G]: 'BUC61 (Box 5) containing pottery with some bone and flint objects.'
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay


Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.455 C[.1-20]: 'Seventeen bags of pottery sherds, a mixture of Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon with few examples of Post Medieval. There is a mixture in types of pottery including fine black wares, cooking pots, St Neots ware, coarse wares, grey wares, coarse red wares and shelly wares. Pieces of Roman mortarium are seen. Some Anglo-Saxon sherds are decorated with incised lines and stamps. There is evidence of burning and over-firing. Roman tile seen in bag labelled 'Buc1961, F51, F2, 1'. '
Event Date 14/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay


Description (Physical description)
Two body sherd from two vessels. One of orange clay; one of grey fabric.
Event Date 8/9/2023
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:304012

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