Element record L11418 - Mid C17 pottery assemblage from Castlegate, Newark

Summary

ARTEFACT SCATTER (Stuart)

Location

Grid reference SK 79549 53869 (point)
Map sheet SK75SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Newark, Newark

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The upper (pit) fill contained a regionally important amount of mid C17 pottery … a carved bone gaming counter, two copper pins and a rim fragment of a copper alloy vessel. … The pottery includes at least seven early slipware dishes with trailed decoration, similar in size and decoration, may have been purchased as part of a set. The group also contains yellow ware, reduced glaze ware (including Cistercian) and a single residual or heirloom Langewehe German stoneware drinking jug. (1)
See L11419 for pit of which this L is the fill, L11428 for other important mid C17 pottery, L11417 for more xrefs
NB, in the find records, 'Qty' represents the number of individual pottery vessels identified, not the total number of sherds discovered of each fabric.


<1> JSAC, Jul 1999, A Report on an Archaeological Evaluation Excavation at 'The Gap' Castlegate, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, p 7 (Unpublished document). SNT2098.

Other Refs: Appendix B, specialist pottery report

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: JSAC. Jul 1999. A Report on an Archaeological Evaluation Excavation at 'The Gap' Castlegate, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire. p 7.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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