Accession No

Z 25062.49-215


Description

167 sherds of decorated fine ware, or War Ditches Ware. Decoration includes painted lines and en barbotine rings and dots.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Cherry Hinton; War Ditches


Period

Roman


Source

Hughes, Thomas McKenny (Professor) [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 25062.49-215


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Analysis)
A type-series of wares selected by Jeremy Evans (student at the Institute of Archaeology, London) 1977-8.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Field collection)
Found: From War Ditches Cherry Hinton
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Sherds of War Ditches ware, mostly decorated in paint and barbotine; including a type-series of wares
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Hughes, Thomas McKenny. (1904). 'War-Ditches near Cherry Hinton, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol. 10 no. 4. pp. 452-481. pl. XX and XXI.
Event Date 1904
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Amendments / updates)
Suffixes .1-48 have been grouped together and boxed with the label 'type ware' (see earlier Context). This separation from the rest of the suffix series, .49-215, has been retained.
Event Date 30/1/2026
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
167 sherds of decorated fine ware, or War Ditches Ware. Decoration includes painted lines and en barbotine rings and dots.
Event Date 30/1/2026
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:327941

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