Box of Pottery Sherds and Oyster Shells

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Digital Media Bank ID: 131531
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Description: Eley Bros. Ltd. cartridge cases box containing 'Samples of British & Roman pottery found under surface soil, including that of intersected balks, during excavation of new road. Ladies Mile & Park Bottom, Spring 1920.' Also contains: sample of rubbed oyster shell and slate found by William Law in 1916 on the surface of ploughed field south east of Harrington Farm, Brighton; oyster shells from Romano-British pottery, some at base of mould capping large balk in Park Bottom, picked up by Herbert Samuel Toms, 16 March 1920 - 'they are apparently artificially rubbed or beach worn examples'; specimen of the handmade pottery sherd found in shallow trench when walking new road near crest of Ladies Mile.
Categories: Timeline/ Roman (43-410), Timeline/ 1910s, Timeline/ 1920s, Collections/ Archaeology  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
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Caption: Box of Pottery Sherds and Oyster Shells
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Size: 1.68 MB; 3024 x 2575 pixels; 256 x 218 mm (print at 300 DPI);
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Linked Accession no.: R2152/5