Ceramic sherd. Body sherd of fine grain, reduce fired ceramic with mineral temper. White calcareous ? residue adheres to the inner surface. [CG [Excav. PR] 29/07/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ceramic sherd. Body sherd of fine grain, reduce fired ceramic with mineral temper. White calcareous ? residue adheres to the inner surface. [CG [Excav. PR] 29/07/2013]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England West Sussex Worthing Highdown Hill "Pit 6"
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Unknown
Date collected: 1867 Oct
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884 Found unentered: Found unentered
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Handbuilt
Dimensions: Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 38 mm, Length: max 44 mm, Weight 20 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.140.1520.25 PR Cat other PR nos: 3757
Associated publications: Lane Fox, A.H. 1869. Further Remarks on the Hill Forts of Sussex: Being an account of the excavations in the Forts of Cissbury and Highdown. Archaeologia 42: 53-76. [Dan Hicks 13/11/2013]

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