Context (Display)
Old display label for Fleam Dyke finds [1958.150-156, 1963.231 and D 1964.1-3] reads: 'FLEAM DYKE. Fen Ditton. Found in the ditch during road widening. d.d. Cambs County Council and M.D. Cra'ster. Lent J.W. Clarke.' Now in Archive (Doc.731)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Burials found in 1957 on the Fleam Dyke at the junction of Fen Ditton and Newmarket Roads during road improvements.
Event Date 1957
Author: maa

Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles. (1958). ‘The Riddle of the Dykes.’ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 51. pp. 1-5, Plate 1, A.
Event Date 1958
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1958.152[.1-4]: 'Four spears.'
Event Date 1959
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Hutchinson, Patricia. (1964). ‘Archaeological Notes: Finds from the Fleam Dyke, Fen Ditton.’ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 56/57. pp. 125-126
Event Date 1964
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett description for 1958.152[.1-4]: 'Socketed, two have wood remaining in the socket. One has one rivet present.'
Event Date 27/4/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Iron socketed spearhead with an angular shoulder and faint mid-rib. Possible split socket with remains of mineralised wood.
Event Date 20/5/2021
Author: Sam Daisley