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Record ID: SF-FD3E8D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A sherd from the body of an early Bronze Age vessel, dating to the period c.2350-c.1200 BC. Hard, coarse fabric containing plentiful poorly sorted quartz pieces (<2mm). The outer surface and core are an oxidised orange-red colour while the inner surface is a lighter grey. The outer surface is decorated with bands of three and two parallel lines of small square indentations. The fragment is too small to provide an indication of the original size and form of the vessel.
With thanks to Carlotta Marchetto, Oxford Archaeology East for identification help.
Length: 30.16mm, w…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-9DAF03
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a handmade vessel of Middle Bronze Age date. It has a soft fabric with flint and grog temper, fired grey at the core and orange/brown at the surfaces. On the exterior of the sherd beneath the rim is an applied horseshoe shaped moulding. The sherd measures 37.23mm in length, 45.59mm in width, 5.58mm in thickness, and 10.45g in weight.
This is a rim sherd with plastic moulded decoration on the exterior that falls in the Ardleigh style pottery tradition of north Essex (N. Brown, 1999: pp. 76-116, especially no. 58.30, which has similar, small horseshoe moulding). This…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.
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