Accession No
Z 16365.1
Description
Six iron nails or staples. Two have flat round heads, one has an end bent over at 90° angle. The others are bent or missing their heads. All have a roughly square cross section and are corroded. One staple has mineralised wood close to the head.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Girton College, Cambridge [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16365.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Mineralised wood
Local Term
Measurements
57mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16365[.1-3]: 'Metal; Iron Nail'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
Hollingworth, Edith Joan, and Maureen M. O'Reilly. (1925). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Event Date 1925
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Jean Somerville for Z 16365[.1-3]: 'Originally in the record as 3 nails, which were identified. Subsequently a further 6 nails with this idno were been found in another box and have been added to the group. Quite good condition.'
Event Date 11/5/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Six iron nails or staples. Two have flat round heads, one has an end bent over at 90° angle. The others are bent or missing their heads. All have a roughly square cross section and are corroded. One staple has mineralised wood close to the head.
Event Date 25/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:9098
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