Find Spot record 5046/0/16 - Unstratified Medieval Pottery

Saxon-Norman pottery, including a St Neots Ware jug, found opposite the private school.

{1} pottery from site opposite private school, includes jug.
Jug; complete vessel; lacks only part of neck and rim; grey shell-gritted core, with most of shell burnt out, giving a harsh surface; surface colour varies from brown to red-brown; marked seating on inside; broad strap handle from neck ridge to body at greatest circumference; pronounced regular ridge of clay at junction of nect and body; height 28cm. Found opposite private school in Great Houghton.

{2} Finds of medieval pot sherds SP792590.

{3} [Possibly an incorrect GRN quoted in reference {1}].

<1> 1968, Journal of The Northampton Museum and Art Gallery (3), p.4, p. 8 (No. 1), Fig 2.1 (Journal). SNN18907.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.297 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<3> Northamptonshire HER, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Inf E Jones, Northants SMR 1993 (Oral Report). SNN115011.

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