Accession No
1949.260 C
Description
Four animal bones and one tooth.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Honington; Sapiston Bridge
Period
early Iron Age Roman Anglo Saxon
Source
Leaf, C. S. [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1949.260 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone; Tooth
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1949.260 [A-D]: 'Various sherds of hand made ware with a smooth finish. Flat topped rims, straight sided vessels which might be Early Iron Age or Saxon date. There is also 1 sherd of RB grey ware and a combed piece of hypercaust. Also part of a single edged bone comb which might be of Romano British or Pagan Saxon date. Also 4 animal bones and a tooth and a pair of iron shears.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1949.260 [A-D]: 'Various sherds of hand made ware with a smooth finish. Flat topped rims, straight sided vessels which might be Early Iron Age or Saxon date. There is also 1 sherd of RB grey ware and a combed piece of hypercaust. Also part of a single edged bone comb which might be of Romano British or Pagan Saxon date. Also 4 animal bones and a tooth and a pair of iron shears.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found: Occupation site (?S.W.Corner), Hut sites A and B. Shears from ditch C and D
Event Date 1938
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found: Occupation site (?S.W.Corner), Hut sites A and B. Shears from ditch C and D
Event Date 1938
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for 1949.230 has the following entry: "The site was excavated from 5th December 1938 to 24th February 1939. Below the oldest ground surface Neolithic B ware was found. Grooved ware occupation occurred at 2 old ground levels separated by a layerof fluviatile sand. Later finds include a Deverel Rimbury urnfield and R.B. ditches and rectangular huts. The two Grooved Ware levels have been labelled Neolithic I and Neolithic II by Mr. Leaf"
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for 1949.230 has the following entry: "The site was excavated from 5th December 1938 to 24th February 1939. Below the oldest ground surface Neolithic B ware was found. Grooved ware occupation occurred at 2 old ground levels separated by a layerof fluviatile sand. Later finds include a Deverel Rimbury urnfield and R.B. ditches and rectangular huts. The two Grooved Ware levels have been labelled Neolithic I and Neolithic II by Mr. Leaf"
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Fell, Clare. (1952). ‘A Late Bronze Age Urnfield and Grooved-Ware Occupation at Honinton, Suffolk’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 45. pp. 30-43
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Fell, Clare. (1952). ‘A Late Bronze Age Urnfield and Grooved-Ware Occupation at Honinton, Suffolk’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 45. pp. 30-43
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Four animal bones and one tooth.
Event Date 25/3/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe
Description (Physical description)
Four animal bones and one tooth.
Event Date 25/3/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:326344
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