Accession No
1948.1634
Description
Copper alloy casing, probably from a bucket made from folded sheet metal with open ends. One rivet in place in the corner, other corner and one upper corner have broken away and are missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Linton Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1634
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
45mm
Events
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1854). ‘Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Excavated, January, 1853’. The Archaeological Journal, vol. XI. pp. 95-115
Event Date 1854
Author: Sam Daisley
Context (CMS Context)
Linton Heath barrow, 1853.
Included in Linton Heath material, but not mentioned in the report Archaeological Journal, 1854.
Compare similar object from Little Wilbraham, grave 8 (1948.1294)
Event Date 27/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Bronze casing. One broad rivet in position in the corner. Open ends. Portions of wood seem to remain inside
Event Date 27/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy casing, probably from a bucket made from folded sheet metal with open ends. One rivet in place in the corner, other corner and one upper corner have broken away and are missing.
Event Date 5/1/2021
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:15970
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