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

Context (Field collection)
Found in 1963 by Mary Cra'ster on the same site as the burials found in 1957 (junction of Fen Ditton and Newmarket Roads) during drain digging, in a ditch about 2 feet deep.
Event Date 1963
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Iron shield-boss'
Event Date 1963
Author: maa

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)
Iron shield boss with a small disc apex, slightly convex cone profile, overhanging carination and short, concave wall profile. Three iron rivets present around the flange. Parts of the flange have come away and are missing.
Event Date 20/5/2021
Author: Sam Daisley