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Pot from Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire

Pot from Sutton Courtenay (AN1926.60)
This pot (AN1926.60) was found in one of the buildings (House 14) that was excavated at Sutton Courtenay in Oxfordshire by Edward Thurlow Leeds.

The plan of House 14 shows that it had two post holes (marked P.H.). These holes would have contained wooden posts to hold up the roof.

Burnt stone was also found so there may have been a hearth in a which a fire would have been lit for cooking and warmth.

Other objects were also found in this house including:

  • a spindle whorl made from the base of an old Roman pot
Plan of house 14 Sutton Courtenay
  • 2 iron knives
  • fragment of a loomweight
Knife from Sutton Courtenay (AN1926.62)

What do these objects tell us about this house?

All these finds suggest this building was being used as a house in which cooking was done. However it was probably also used for making textiles, particularly weaving and spinning.

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