Accession No
1948.1523
Description
Cast copper alloy terret ring from a harness fitting. Sub-oval with three slight round bosses on outer edge and a small loop on one side. Knobbed projection protrudes into the inner circumference. Attachment bar spans hollow oval opening.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Linton Heath
Period
Iron Age ?1st century Anglo Saxon
Source
Braybrooke Collection; Neville, Richard Cornwallis [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1523
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
18mm x 39mm x 45mm Weight 0.032kg
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card: 'This type occurs as far north as Inverary, Aberdeenshire'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Found together / assemblage)
1948.1524 C was found suspended from the terret, according to Neville (p. 97).
Event Date 1853
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Linton Barrow, Grave 9. Excavated in 1853.
Event Date 1853
Author: maa
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1854). ‘Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Excavated January, 1853’. The Archaeological Journal, vol. XI. pp. 95-115, Fig. XI
Event Date 1854
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Bronze terret with internal bronze bar. Three slight bosses on outer edge and a small loop on one edge. Knobbed projection protrudes into the inner circumference.
Event Date 1948
Author: maa
Context (References)
White, Roger. (1990). 'Scrap or Substitute: Roman Material in Anglo-Saxon Graves' in Southworth, Edmund (ed.), Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries: A Reappraisal. Stroud: Sutton. pp. 144-145, Fig. 13.1
Event Date 1990
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy terret ring from a harness fitting. Sub-oval with three slight round bosses on outer edge and a small loop on one side. Knobbed projection protrudes into the inner circumference. Attachment bar spans hollow oval opening.
Event Date 5/1/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:19236
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