Site Event/Activity record ENT4554 - Thin section analysis of pottery, Gamston Excavation

Location

Location Gamston
Grid reference
Map sheet
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Gamston (R), Rushcliffe

Technique(s)

Organisation

English Heritage

Date

1992

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Description

Seven sherds of late Iron Age pottery were thin sectioned, and the inclusions were examined. Two sherds were identified as being imports to the site, as the igneous inclusions do not fit with the geology of the Gamston area. The fabric resembles certain granitic tempered Anglo-Saxon pottery of the West Midlands, thought to derive from the Charnwood Forest area.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: D.F Williams. 1992. A Note on the Petrology of some Late Iron Age Sherds fom Gamston, Notitnghamshire.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Iron Age Settlement, Gamston (Monument)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2020 11:39AM

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