Accession No
1948.1521
Description
Bead - 110 beads. All amber of well made, rounded shape, graded sizes, (3 disc shape), except 2 ribbed aquamarine glass, 2 dark red small glass, 2 cylindrical, narrow, dark blue glass and two sections from a buff, segmented glass bead
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton Heath; Linton
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Braybrooke Collection
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1521
Cultural Affliation
Material
Amber; Glass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Linton Heath Barrow. Grave 9, 1853.
Not illustrated [? in report in Archaeological Journal, 1854].
114 were originally found but a few of the amber must have disintegrated
Event Date 7/8/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
110 beads. All amber of well made, rounded shape, graded sizes, (3 disc shape), except 2 ribbed aquamarine glass, 2 dark red small glass, 2 cylindrical, narrow, dark blue glass and two sections from a buff, segmented glass bead
Event Date 7/8/1987
Author: maa
FM:19088
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