Accession No

2007.462 C.4


Description

Iron bar incorporating a cylindrical shaft with hemispherical terminals at both ends.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; [Huntingdonshire]; Eaton Socon; Castle Hills [The Hillings]


Period

Saxo Norman Medieval


Source

Addyman, Peter [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2007.462 C.4; ES62; 620664 [Ancient Monuments Laboratory no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

72mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
From E2, layer 7 (top of weathered natural). Excavated by Peter V. Addyman, for the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, 1962. See finds bag for excavation context.
Event Date 1962
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Context (References)
Addyman, P. V. (1965). ‘Late Saxon Settlements in the St Neots Area: I. The Saxon Settlement and Norman Castle at Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 58. pp. 38-73. Fig. 11, No. 15.
Event Date 1965
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Context (Acquisition Details)
Material excavated by Addyman in the 1960s and only recently donated to the Museum.
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay


Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.462 [A-C]: 'ES62 (Box 3) containing bone and small iron objects.'
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay


Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.462 C.1-4: 'Four small metal objects, either iron or bronze. There is a buckle attachment with circle design, a strap end with a circle design, belt clasp or buckle and an iron bar with rounded enlargements at both ends.'
Event Date 31/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay


Description (Physical description)
Iron bar incorporating a cylindrical shaft with hemispherical terminals at both ends.
Event Date 25/1/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Context (Related Documents)
Typed label with object reads: '620664'
Event Date 25/1/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth


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