Accession No
1948.1468
Description
A long iron bar bent at a right angle at one end. Short side curves up at the end. Possibly a latchlifter.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1468
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
235mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Grave 176. Excavated in 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: maa
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery Near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. Pl. XL (no. 176)
Event Date 1852
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Iron bar 8.75" long then bent at right angles and continues for 2.4" and then has bent again. Latch lifter (?)
Event Date 9/3/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A long iron bar bent at a right angle at one end. Short side curves up at the end. Possibly a latchlifter.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:15840
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