Accession No
2007.463 B
Description
14 iron objects. Five iron nails (straight and bent) and three iron blades or knives, one of which has part of a handle. Also, two iron objects which are longer and thinner than the nails, one iron hook, and two unidentified iron objects, one of which is bowed. There is also one plain rectangular metal plate, possibly copper.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; [Huntingdonshire]; Eaton Socon; Castle Hills [The Hillings]
Period
Saxo Norman Medieval
Source
Addyman, Peter Vincent [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2007.463 B; ES62
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Copper Alloy; ?Copper
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Peter V. Addyman, for the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, 1962. See finds tag for excavation context.
Event Date 1962
Author: Esther Laver
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 (including no. 3).
Event Date 1965
Author: Esther Laver
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)
ES62 (Box 4) containing bone and iron objects.
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay
Description (Physical description)
Five iron nails (straight and bent) and three iron blades or knives, one of which has part of a handle. Also, two iron objects which are longer and thinner than the nails, one iron hook, and two unidentified iron objects, one of which is bowed. There is also one plain rectangular metal plate, possibly copper.
Event Date 31/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay
Description (Physical description)
14 iron objects. Five iron nails (straight and bent) and three iron blades or knives, one of which has part of a handle. Also, two iron objects which are longer and thinner than the nails, one iron hook, and two unidentified iron objects, one of which is bowed. There is also one plain rectangular metal plate, possibly copper.
Event Date 23/1/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:281238
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