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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