1884.37.104

Collection type

Object

Description

Jug with mouth and high handle of fine grain ceramic. Handle chipped. [JW [Excav. PR] 18/04/2013]

Long description

Red ware pottery jug with footed base, rounded body and a tapering neck with small mouth. High handle attached to the body and the rim. Unglazed. Handle chipped. [ASh [OPS move] 06/05/2016]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England East Sussex Lewes Glynde Mount Caburn

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Romano-British

Date collected

By 1881 April

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Pottery, Process Thrown

Dimensions

Height: max 105 mm, Diameter: max 68 mm, Weight 90 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.37.104 PR no.: 486/ 12191

Research and responses

Pitt Rivers carried out an excavation at Mount Caburn from September to October 1877 and July 1878 [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt Rivers published his two seasons work at Mount Caburn in the journal Archaeologia in 1881. Full reference: Pitt Rivers, A H L Fox. 1881. Excavations at Mount Caburn Camp, near Lewes, conducted in 1877 and 1878. Archaeologia 46: 423 - 495. [MN 15/06/2009]

The fortifications at Mount Caburn [TQ 4443 0891] are recorded on the English Heritage maintained National Monuments Record under monument no. 405932. The record is accessible online, see http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=405932. [MN 15/06/2009]

Associated publications

Lane Fox, A. 1881. Excavations at Mount Caburn camp near Lewes, conducted in 1877 and 1878. Archaeologia 46: 423-495. [Dan Hicks 03/09/2013]

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery, Jug