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1884.136.1.477

Ceramic sherd

1884.136.1.477

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic sherd
Long description
Body sherd of medium grained ceramic with mineral and grog temper. [JW [Excav. PR] 20/05/2013]
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 7 mm, Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 28 mm, Weight 4 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.136.1.477 PR no.: 242/ 12099 243/ 12099 244/ 12099 245/ 12099 246/ 12099 247/ 12099 248/ 12099 249/ 12099 28/ 8386
Research and responses

The name of the person who added the Accession Book entries for 1884.136 is unknown to me. It is not clear whether these items have been numbered. It is also not clear why these objects were not included in the original Accession Book entries as they are completely unprovenanced and undocumented so far as the museum is concerned, perhaps they were found unaccessioned at a later date. Pitt Rivers examined the ramparts of Ranscombe Camp whilst excavating Mt Caburn, a section drawing of the ramparts was published [see Bowden, 1991: 85 and Thompson, 1977: 55][AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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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