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| Name: | Late Prehistoric/Roman finds from Harston Pit |
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| HER Ref: | MLE6367 |
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| Parish: | Belvoir, Melton, Leicestershire |
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| Grid Reference: | SK 842 313 |
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| Map: | Coming soon |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
Summary
Various late prehistoric/Roman pottery finds are reported to have been made at Harston pit in the early C20th. These include collared urns, beakers, handmade pots with cordons, and the top of a small Roman pot. The exact details are rather confused.
Additional Information
MC passed on the Cambridge accession cards. The 2 collared urns are 1924.952 and 953. 124.1954 is another 'large vessel of hand made ware' but fragmentary 1925.955 is the top of a small Roman pot. 1925.474 is another ?Bronze Age pot 6.5" high, handmade with 2 cordons, all from 'Harston Pit'. (PL 28/04/88)
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, has a beaker, and 9 Romano-British vessels and sherds from Harston. (RPJ June 1988)
<1> Antiquaries Journal, Vol 6 (1926), p175 (Prehist/Roman objects in museum at Cambridge) (Journal). SLE5.
In 1925, LCG Clarke published 2 collared urns 'from Harstone… which were dug up separately some little time back… by workmen digging for ironstone'. Others were said to have been found, but could not be traced. They are in the University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge.
<2> Oxoniensia, Vol 3 (1938), p19 (Journal). SLE6006.
In 1927 a beaker was donated to the Ashmolean by a Miss Marsh of Beeston. It had been collected from ironstone workings at Harston by her late uncle (the provenance is not 100% certain but very likely). It was a rusticated beaker. This may be one of the other pots referred to in the 1926 publication.
<3> 2016, National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) accessioning (Website). SLE4981.
SUMMARY: "Two BA collared urns found 1925"
URL: 'https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE/RecordDetail.aspx?pageid=45&he_uid=323890', accessioned 28/09/2023.
<4> Field Investigators Comments, F1 FDC 20-APR-72 (Website). SLE3488.
There has been extensive ironstone working in the proximity of Harston. Cambridge not contacted, siting not ascertained.
Sources
| <1> | Journal: Antiquaries Journal. Vol 6 (1926), p175 (Prehist/Roman objects in museum at Cambridge). |
| <2> | Journal: Oxoniensia. Vol 3 (1938), p19. |
| <3> | Website: 2016. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) accessioning. |
| <4> | Website: Field Investigators Comments. F1 FDC 20-APR-72. |
Associated Finds
- VESSEL (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- BEAKER (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2500 BC? to 801 BC?)
- BEAKER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SHERD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Designations
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