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1884.136.3.8

Ceramic sherd

1884.136.3.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic sherd
Long description
Body sherd of fine grain ceramic with mineral temper. [JW [Excav. PR] 13/05/2013]
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 Ranscombe Camp "Rampart" "interior slope"
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Early Iron Age
Date collected
1878
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Clay, Process Handbuilt
Dimensions
Thick: max 6 mm, Width: max 47 mm, Length: max 51 mm, Weight 15 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.136.3.8 PR no.: 242/ 12099 243/ 12099 244/ 12099 245/ 12099 246/ 12099 247/ 12099 248/ 12099 249/ 12099 28/ 8386
Research and responses

Ranscombe Camp [TQ 4363 0907] is an unfinished Iron Age univallate hillfort with evidence of 2nd century AD Romano British occupation. The site is recorded on the English Heritage National Monuments Record under monument no. 405859. The record can be accessed online at http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=405859. [MN 22/07/2009]

Search terms: Pottery, Sherd

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