Accession No

1948.2231 F-G


Description

Two fragments of a thin bone plate. One piece is pierced with a very small perforation at one end.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Hadstock Road


Period

Iron Age


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.2231 F-G


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

12mm x 1mm x 76mm Weight 0.002kg


Events

Description (Physical description)
Thin plates, one with very small perforation
Event Date 1948
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Early Iron Age site. Excavated by Thomas C. Lethbridge and Geoffrey H.S. Bushnell in August 1948.
Event Date 8/1948
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (References)
Fell, C. I., Lethbridge, T. C. and Bushnell, G. H. S. (1949). 'Archaeological Notes. Iron Age Site at Linton'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 42. p. 129.
Event Date 1949
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Fell, C. I. (1953). 'An Early Iron Age Settlement at Linton, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 46. p. 33, 39. fig. 2 no. 4.
Event Date 1953
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Fell, C. I. (1953). 'An Early Iron Age Settlement at Linton, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 46. pp. 31-42
Event Date 1953
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Bone showing workings.

Event Date 17/2/1987
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Two fragments of a thin bone plate. One piece is pierced with a very small perforation at one end.
Event Date 2/10/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age A.
Event Date 21/6/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:13442

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