Accession No

1951.315 A


Description

A highly ornate, small ring. Uneven oval in cross section, its use is unknown. The decoration is in a high relief Celtic style, late La Tène style.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Abington Pigotts; Bellus Hill


Period

Late Iron Age ?1st century BC ?1st century AD


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; de Courcy Ireland, Montagu George [vendor]; Pigott, William Graham Foster (Reverend) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1951.315 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

26mm x 3mm x 26mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
The card has a sketch of the relief.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1924). 'A Settlement of the Early Iron Age at Abington Pigotts, Cambs., and its Subsequent History; as Evidenced by Objects Preserved in the Pigott Collection'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. vol IV. pp. 211-233. fig. 1. D.
Event Date 1924
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Clark, J. Grahame D. (1938). 'Early Man'. The Victoria History of the County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. Salzman, L.F. (ed). Vol. 1. Fig. 25
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Uneven oval section. Use uncertain. High relief Celtic (late La Tene) style.
Event Date 1951
Author: maa


Context (References)
Taylor, Alison. (1997). 'South West Cambridgeshire'. Archaeology of Cambridgeshire. Vol. 1. p. 11.
Event Date 1997
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A highly ornate, small ring. Uneven oval in cross section, its use is unknown. The decoration is in a high relief Celtic style, late La Tene style.
Event Date 26/10/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2025.6193 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 15/5/2025
Author: Stephanie De Roemer


FM:16011

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