Accession No

2015.208


Description

A small, globular, solid, tin button with a separate copper alloy shank with tear drop shaped loop.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; West Wratting


Period

?Medieval


Source

Cuddeford, Michael J. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2015.208; MAA: MN0023; A0020


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Tin; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

11mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Michael J Cuddeford found this material during the mid 1990s during metal detecting in West Wratting. It has been registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme and gifted to MAA. For general information about the area 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 small, globular, solid, tin button with a separate bronze shank with tear drop shaped loop.
Event Date 11/8/2015
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A small, globular, solid, tin button with a separate copper alloy shank with tear drop shaped loop.
Event Date 30/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


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:268551

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