Find Spot record 0561201002 - 1 JOINERS CLOSE, LEY HILL

Summary

Possible fifteenth to sixteenth century pottery whistle found when digging foundations for bungalow at Joiner's Close, Ley Hill

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0092 mm Width 0072
1 PIECE TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS A WHISTLE, PROBABLY BASED ON THE SMALL C14/C15 BIRD WHISTLES. ITS BODY WAS WHEEL-THROWN. ITS ORIGINAL FORM IS UNIDENTIFIABLE BUT REMAINS OF 2 ARM-LIKE ATTACHMENTS EACH SIDE OF BODY SUGGEST AN ANIMAL WAS PORTRAYED (ILLUS )(B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC4733 Article in serial: Mike Farley & Jo Lawson. 1990. 'A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY POTTERY & TILE KILN AT LEYHILL, LATIMER', IN RECS OF BUCKS 32 PP35-62.

Location

Grid reference SP 98680 02262 (point)
Civil Parish LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • WHISTLE (15th Century to 16th Century - 1400 AD to 1599 AD)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12438)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14040)

Record last edited

Feb 15 2018 5:57PM

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