Accession No

1936.836 A.1


Description

An iron hasp from a wooden box. Curved shape which tapers to a long stem. A small loop in the centre protrudes out the reverse. At the end of the long stem is a loop through which a hook is attached.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Shudy Camps


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator] 


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1936.836 A.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Record for 1936.836 A[.1-2]: Iron fittings of wooden box
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Shudy Camps Cemetery, Grave 48. Excavated by T.C. Lethbridge in 1933.
Double grave of woman and child. Found at feet of woman's skeleton
Event Date 1933
Author: maa


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1936). A Cemetery At Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire. Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Quarto Publications. New Series, V. Fig. 9.2
Event Date 1936
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
An iron hasp from a wooden box. Curved shape which tapers to a long stem. A small loop in the centre protrudes out the reverse. At the end of the long stem is a loop through which a hook is attached.
Event Date 13/4/2021
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:19351

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