Accession No
1948.1464 A
Description
Cast copper alloy ring. Annular with a cylindrical cross section. Small fragments of corroded iron adhered to the surface.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1464 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
41mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Ring - large. Cast.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Excavated from graves 173-174 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. (not illustrated)
Event Date 1852
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy ring. Annular with a cylindrical cross section. Small fragments of corroded iron adhered to the surface.
Event Date 5/1/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:15853
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