Accession No

2015.72


Description

A bronze lock slide section with three pairs of small square holes and one large semi-circular hole at one end.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; West Wickham


Period

?Roman


Source

Cuddeford, Michael J. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2015.72; MAA: MN0022; A0025


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

42mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Michael J Cuddeford found this material during the mid 1990s during metal detecting in West Wickham. It has been registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme and gifted to MAA. For general information about the site see the Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group vol. 6 part 1, 1995 (see Bib). For other information including original finds list see the object file.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Charge, B. B. et al. (1995). 'Field Survey of Sites at Yen Hall West Wickham, Cambs'. Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group. vol. 6, part 1.
Event Date 1995
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A bronze lock slide section with three pairs of small square holes and one large semi-circular hole at one end.
Event Date 21/7/2015
Author: maa


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5699 | Remedial
Event Date 16/5/2023
Author: Katerina Theodoraki


Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:268397

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