Accession No

1952.445 A


Description

A stone coffin and lid of Barnack Rag (Oolitic limestone), found with lid already broken.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Arbury


Period

Roman


Source

City Engineer, Cambridge


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1952.445 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Barnack Rag


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
A stone coffin and lid of Barnack Rag (Oolitic limestone), found with lid already broken. Extern. length 6' 11.5" int. length 6' 2" extern. width at head 2' 5" int. width at head 1' 8" extern. width at foot 1' 10.5" int. width at foot 1' 3.5" extern. depth at head 1' 9.5" int, depth at head 1' 3.5" extern. depth at foot 1' 3.5" int. depth at foot 11".
Event Date 1952
Author: maa


Context (References)
Fell, Clare. 1956. 'Roman Burials Found at Arbury Road, Cambridge, 1952'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol XLIX. pp. 13-23.
Event Date 1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Field collection)
Burial 4.
Found: Arbury Road Building Estate, excavated by Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge University in 1952. Found below the N.E. corner of the chalk floor which covered coffin 1952.442; this body was deposited before 1952.442
Event Date 1952
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Previously on display on the ground floor gallery from 24 November 1952 until c. 1983. (see 1952 correspondence archive)
Event Date 24/11/1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Frend, W.H.C. 1955. 'A Romano-British Settlement at Arbury Road, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol XLVIII. pp. 10-43.
Event Date 1955
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Frend, W.H.C. 1959. 'Further Finds on the Arbury Road Estate'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LII. pp. 69-72.
Event Date 1959
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Royal Commission on the historical Monuments of England. (1959). 'An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge: Part I.' London: H.M.S.O. Pl. 1
Event Date 1959
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Liversidge, Joan. (1977). 'Roman Burials in the Cambridge Area'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LXVII. pp. 11-38.
Event Date 1977
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Taylor, A. (1984). 'A Roman Stone Coffin from Stuntney and Gazetteer of Similar Coffins in Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 73, pp. 15-22.
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (CMS Context)
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Annual Report. December 1953. pp. 3.
Event Date 23/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:56344

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