Accession No
1949.439
Description
Saddle quern with roughened grinding surface.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Soham; Soham Fen
Period
Iron Age
Source
Fowler, Gordon (Major) [donor]; Ambrose, Cole [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1949.439
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
484mm x 88mm x 292mm Weight 19.0kg
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found by a workman and bought from him by Mr Cole Ambrose of Ely. Mr C. Ambrose gave it to Major Gordon Fowler. Found: Found below the peat in Soham Fen.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Saddle quern with roughened grinding surface.
Event Date 1949
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Coveney: Island Identity in the Fens', Ely Museum, March - April 2006. This exhibition had previously been mounted in the Clarke Gallery of MAA by 2003-2004 MPhil students.
Event Date 3/2006
Author: Esther Laver
FM:13391
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