Accession No

2015.135


Description

Fragment of copper alloy mount, possibly a casket mount. Remains of a semicircular cross-sectioned shaft and a cupped terminal.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; West Wickham


Period

Medieval


Source

Cuddeford, Michael J. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2015.135; MAA: MN0022; A0088


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

22mm


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 fragment of a bronze mount, possibly a casket mount. It has a thin stump where a thin strip of metal may have been and a cupped terminal.
Event Date 31/7/2015
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of copper alloy mount, possibly a casket mount. Remains of a semicircular cross-sectioned shaft and a cupped terminal.
Event Date 30/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:268465

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