F.05: this contained two sherds of 16th to 19th century plain red coarseware (13g).
<059>: 652g, context 26, modern garden
F.51: a mixed context. This contained three sherds of 18th century Chinese export porcelain (5g), a sherd of late 18th or early 19th century creamware (3g), a sherd of 16th to 18th century tin-glazed earthenware (6g), a sherd of 18th or 19th century lead-glazed earthenware (2g), a sherd of 18th century Staffordshire-type slipware (11g) and two sherds of 16th to 17th century German stoneware (107g).
F.24: this contained a single sherd of abraded grey coarseware (5g), which is most probably Roman in date.
F.32: a 17th or early 18th century context. This contained two sherds of tin-glazed earthenware (9g), a sherd of Babylon-type lead-glazed earthenware (42g), two sherds of German stoneware (46g), a sherd of glazed red earthenware (30g) and a sherd of Westerwald stoneware (14g).
F.33: a 16th or 17th century context. This contained three fragments of green-glazed fineware, one of which represents a small but substantially complete two handled jug of unusual design (86g – not manufactured at Ely) and another a rim fragment of pierced fretwork form (8g). Also present were 18 sherds of Frechen stoneware, weighing 1102g and representing a minimum of three vessels, plus a single sherd of Seigburg stoneware (41g) and four sherds of Babylon-type lead-glazed earthenware (61g), one of which bears embossed decoration in the form of a face. Finally, two sherds of plain red coarseware (51g), and two residual sherds of 13th to 15th century grey coarseware (40g) were also recovered.
Some butchery
English stoneware
Contained ten sherds, nine of which are from one vessel. The vessel represented by nine sherds (206g) from [001] is in a hard, reduced fabric with common fine to medium sand and sparse voids from plant material. Most of the sherd edges are very fresh showing breakage upon excavation. Five of the sherds refit to form a substantial rim and wall fragment, 15cm high. A slight flaring of the vessel wall at the lower end suggests that the profile is complete almost the base. Wall width is generally 1.1cm. Too little of the rim diameter survives for accurate measurement, but it seems to be 20cm or more. The vessel can be described as a coarseware bowl of 'saucepan pot' type with an upright rim and slack shoulder. The rim profile varies along the sherd, at one end being of a simple rounded form, and at the other being irregularly thickened both internally and externally to give a slightly T-shaped profile. The upper surface of the rim is embellished with fingernail impressions, placed diagonally to give a 'cabled' effect. The outer surface of the pot has a rough feel, and at the shoulder is actually fairly irregularly formed.
The remaining sherd (6g) from [001] is a rim in a hard fabric with common fine to medium sand and sparse medium to coarse chalk. This is a simple upright flat-topped rim with no decoration. In form and fabric the bowl from [001] is characteristic of the later Iron Age (after c. 300 BC) of eastern England.
Hard sandy fabric similar to the vessel from [001]. This appears to be a base angle sherd.
21 shards, including one Central Gaulish Samian dish dated mid 2nd century AS and four sherds from a Hadham oxidised ware vessel dated mid 3rd-4th century AD. A black slipped dog dish from this context dates to the 2nd-4th century AD and the remaining sherds are also probably of this date range.
Two sherds probably post-Roman are separated.
Jackfield-Staffordshire red
Burnt residue on interiors
Plant pot
1 medieval with stabbed handle
A total of 627 sherds of pottery (12.7kg) were recovered during the recent investigations conducted at Jesus College. The following discussion of this assemblage has been divided into two sections; the first details the material that was recovered from stratified contexts, and the second the unstratified sherds that were recovered from Trenches 1 and 2.
A total of 359 sherds (7265g) were recovered from unstratified deposits encountered in Trenches 1 and 2. This represents 57.3% of the total assemblage by count, and 57.4% by weight. As Table 2 demonstrates, a very similar range of fabrics are represented as were recovered from the stratified deposits discussed above. No vessels of inherent significance were identified.
The range of material recovered, which was dominated by post- Medieval wares, is broadly typical of assemblages derived from the Cambridge region generally (see Edwards & Hall 1997). No vessels of inherent significance were identified, and the quantity of stratified material was relatively low. Nevertheless, the group is of some significance because to date only a small number of comparable assemblages have been recovered from secure collegiate contexts in Cambridge. In association with the assemblage recovered from the College Library excavations (Evans 1995b), it compliments the material that has previously been recovered from late 16th and early 17th deposits associated with Trinity College’s kitchens (Newman in prep.), from 16th century pits at Gonville & Caius College (Alexander 1995) and from an early 17th century pit group at Pembroke College (Hall 2002), and provides an important contrast with the much more extensive domestic assemblages that are known from the town.
F.06: A mixed context. This contained a sherd of late 18th or early 19th-century creamware (<1g), three sherds of 16th to 17th-century German stoneware (15g), seven sherds of 16th to 17th century glazed redware (29g) and a sherd of 13th to 15th-century brown courseware.
F.19: a 16th or 17th century context. <051> contained 13 sherds of plain red coarseware (120g), two sherds of glazed red earthenware (20g), a sherd of Frechen stoneware (10g), a sherd of lead-glazed earthenware (<1g) and two sherds of residual 13th to 15th century grey coarseware (13g). <046> contained three sherds of glazed red earthenware (10g), a sherd of plain red coarseware (3g) and a sherd of residual 13th to 15th century Medieval Ely ware, which has a 14th century floruit (7g).
F.07: this contained a sherd of 16th to 17th century glazed red earthenware (66g).
