Prehistoric — Neolithic
Bowl
Five rim and body sherds of a Mortlake-style bowl decorated with herringbone patterns of incised lines or whipped cord 'maggot' patterns around the upper part, and rows of fingernail impressions on main part. Found during archaeological excavations at 'Caesar's Camp', Heathrow in 1944. The enclosure was found to contain 11 Iron Age roundhouses and a small rectangular shrine or temple. It was the first site of its type to have been totally excavated. The name ‘Caesar’s Camp’ is an 18th-century invention. Early maps refer to it as Shasbury Hill, which may derive from the old English 'sceaceres byrig', meaning ‘robber’s fort’. The site now lies beneath the eastern end of the main northern runway at Heathrow Airport.
- Category:
- Prehistoric
- Object ID:
- 49.87/28
- Object name:
- bowl
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- Production date:
- Neolithic
- Material:
- ceramic
- Measurements/duration:
- unmeasured fragment
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
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