Accession No

Z 22364


Description

50 fragments of copper alloy fittings, including one flat piece of iron with one large rivet hole. In addition there are 12 small bones and bone fragments and a single tooth.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Snailwell


Period

Late Iron Age early Roman


Source

Newmarket Rural District Council [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 22364


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone; Tooth; Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze; Iron


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Fragments of bronze, iron and bone.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/05/1952
Author: maa


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found inside bronze bowl at the Belgic burial. See 1953.20.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1954). 'Burial of an Iron Age Warrior at Snailwell', Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 47. pp. 25-37.
Event Date 1954
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
A large number of copper alloy fragments with one large, flat piece of iron with ?rivet holes. In addition there are small bones and bone fragments and a single tooth.
Event Date 14/11/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age E and Gallo Belgic.
Event Date 10/6/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
50 fragments of copper alloy fittings, including one flat piece of iron with one large rivet hole. In addition there are 12 small bones and bone fragments and a single tooth.
Event Date 20/6/2022
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:13390

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