Accession No
1948.1330
Description
Cast copper alloy ring of oval cross-section with one narrower section. Pitted surface; chemically treated. Possibly a brooch or a box ring.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1330
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
47mm x 47mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Heavy ring of oval section
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Grave 6, 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: Lily Stancliffe
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. XIV (No.6)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy ring of oval cross-section with one narrower section. Pitted surface; chemically treated. Possibly a brooch or a box ring.
Event Date 14/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15910
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