Accession No
1926.504 C.1
Description
One tubular bead of red, yellow and green glass with a central perforation. Perforation is wider at one end than the other.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Waterbeach; Waterbeach Lodge
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1926.504 C.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
Local Term
Measurements
17mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Labelled in ink: 'Waterbeach / Anglo Saxon / Village / House I'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Field collection)
Found: Found by the donor in a dwelling hut which he excavated on the bank of the Car Dyke where it runs through his garden at the Lodge.
Event Date 1926
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1927). ‘An Anglo-Saxon Hut on the Car Dyke, at Waterbeach.’ The Antiquaries Journal, vol. 7(2). pp. 141-146
Event Date 1927
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. and Tebbutt, Charles F. (1933). 'Huts of the Anglo-Saxon Period: I. Huts of the Pagan Period at Waterbeach and West Row'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol. XXXIII, pp. 133-137. Fig.2, 6
Event Date 1933
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett, 1926.504 C[.1-4]: 'Also two fragments of beads.'
Event Date 14/6/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
One tubular bead of red, yellow and green glass with a central perforation. Perforation is wider at one end than the other.
Event Date 19/5/2021
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:19566
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