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1884.138.36.9

Ceramic sherd

1884.138.36.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic sherd
Long description
Body sherd of coarse ceramic with mineral (shell) and organic temper. [JW [Excav. PR] 08/02/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Kent Shepway Folkestone Castle Hill [Caesar's Camp] "Upper camp - interior"
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Early Neolithic Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Date collected
1878 June 15
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Pottery
Dimensions
Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 22 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.138.36.9 PR no.: ?/ 12191
Research and responses

The excavation at 'Caesar's Camp ran more or less concurrently with the second season at Mt Caburn [June/ July 1878], the actual digging took just over two weeks with a workforce of between 8 and 10 labourers. Relic tables [qv] were kept and published for this excavation [Bowden, 1991: 86, Thompson, 1977: 56] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Further information and research notes on this site compiled in the 1970s by Revd. AH Gibson are held at Folkestone Library (see correspondence and copies of Gibson's notes in RDF) [JC 7.11.96]

The full reference for the article mentioned in Primary Documentation, in which Pitt Rivers published the results of his excavation at Castle Hill is: Pitt Rivers, AHLF. 1883. Excavations at Caesar's camp, near Folkstone, conducted in 1878. Archaeologia 47: 429 - 465. [MN 19/06/2009]

Castle Hill [TR 2140 3795] is a large oval ringwork and bailey in use between 1095 and 1137. The site and Pitt Rivers excavation there is recorded on the English Heritage maintained National Monuments Record under monument no. 465687. This record can be accessed online at http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=465687. [MN 19/06/2009]

The monument is recorded on the Kent County Council Historic Environment Record under HER number TR 23 NW 2. This record can be accessed online at http://extranet7.kent.gov.uk/ExploringKentsPast/default.aspx. [MN 19/06/2009]

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