The Godwin Ridge, Over, South Cambridgeshire

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Site: The Godwin Ridge, Over
County: Cambridgeshire
Present location: uncertain

Preservation type: Impression in baked clay
Dimensions: 55mm x 40mm (largest area)
Material: Uncertain
Technique: Woven
Structure: Tabby (‘coarse’)

Warp/weft can be identified: No

System ASystem B
Spin directionUncertainUncertain
Twist angle (deg)UncertainUncertain
DiameterUncertainUncertain
Ends/cm65

Textile finish:

Selvedge: not present

Starting border: not present

Ending border: not present

Damage/Wear:

Additions/Alterations:

Description: textile impressions found on three fragments of baked clay. A second (finer) textile may also be impressed into the clay but no details could be recorded.

Context: Feature F.226, context [1128], SF no. <3307>

Dating: Middle Iron Age – Early Roman

Reference:

Walton Rogers, P. 2016. The Textile Imprints, in Evans et al. Twice-crossed river: prehistoric and palaeoenvironmental investigations at Barleycroft Farm/Over, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge: MacDonald Institute for archaeological research, University of Cambridge, 535, fig. 6.25.


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