Probable Iron Age pottery sherds from Great Chesterford Roman Temple, east of Walden Road (EHER 4980)

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Summary

A number of tempered sherds may well be Iron Age.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 5141 4360 (55m by 58m) Copied from EEX17280
Civil Parish	GREAT CHESTERFORD, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

1978. Archaeological excavation. "A number of tempered sherds may well be Iron Age". <1> See also <2>.

Finds

SHERD (Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)

Sources

<1> SEX17281 Interim Report: Collins, A.E.. 1978. Great Chesterford Temple:Interim Report. Bull 2, p.7.
<2> SEX53921 Report: Medlycott, M.. 1999. Great Chesterford: Historic Town Assessment Report.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Part of: Late Iron Age shrine and Roman temple within palisaded (and later walled) precinct, 'Great Chesterford Roman Temple', East of Walden Road (Monument) (EHER 4978)

Related Events (1)

Archaeological Intervention: Archaeological excavation by A.E. Collins (GCAG) at Great Chesterford Roman Temple, 1978 (EEX17280)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL 54-017

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