Find Spot record 0187502000 - STRATFORD'S YARD

Summary

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age pottery beaker found digging foundations in the late nineteenth century at Stratford's Yard

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Height 0106 mm
BEAKER BOWL FOUND BY MR WALTER STRATFORD, END OF C19 WHILE DIGGING FOUNDATIONS. HARD FIRED WITH CRUDE NOTCHED DECORATION. TRACES OF WHITE FILLING IN DEC. AND PATCHES OF DARKER COLOUR MAY BE DUE TO MODERN USE AS PAINT CONTAINER. DAVID CLARKE CLASSIFIES IT AS UNIQUE BOWL, BUT OF HIS CLASS 1/2 (B1-3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC13247 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 17 1962 PP127-128.
  • <2>SBC1523 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. BCM LOANS REGISTER.
  • <3>SBC11852 Bibliographic reference: PHOTOGRAPH AT BCM: NEG F248.

Location

Grid reference SP 95980 01450 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • BOWL (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC17251)

Record last edited

Dec 9 2009 2:35PM

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