Context (Related Documents)
See 'A Catalogue of Roman Relics Found at Shefford, and in the Immediate Vicinity, at Stanford Bury Now in the Possession of Mr. T. Inskip, Shefford, Beds.', Archive GO2/5/1
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (Field collection)
Stanfordbury A (North ‘Vault’), discovered by workmen digging a drain and excavated by Thomas Inskip in 1832.
Event Date 1832
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Brayley, E.W. (ed.). (1834). 'Ancient Roman Remains Found Near Shefford and in its Immediate Vicinity, at Stanford Bury'. The Graphic and Historical Illustrator. London: J. Chidley. pp. 378-381.
Event Date 1834
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (Acquisition Details)
Purchased as part of the Inskip Collection by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society in late 1844 with money raised by subscription (see CAS Council Minutes for 12 December 1844). As it was a purchase, this acquisition is not listed under the 'Presents' section of the 1844-1845 Report.
Event Date 12/1844
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (References)
Inskip, Thomas. (1845). ‘Proceedings of the Central Committee of the British Archaeological Association: November 13 [1844]’. Archaeological Journal, vol. 1. pp. 395-398
Event Date 1845
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (References)
Dryden, Henry. (1845). ‘Roman and Roman-British Remains At and Near Shefford, Co. Beds.’ Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publication. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge
Event Date 1845
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (References)
Smith, Charles Roach. (1852). Collectanea Antiqua, vol. II. J. Russell Smith: London. pp. 28-31.
Event Date 1852
Author: Sam Daisley

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Description (Physical description)
For cauldron, with hooks and rings for suspension
Event Date 1883
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Acquisition Details)
The Stanfordbury material formed part of the museum’s 1883 founding collection from the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Most of the material from Stanfordbury A (North ‘Vault’) was accessioned as 1883.765.II.1-8 and the excavation date was incorrectly given as 1822; the material from Stanfordbury B (South ‘Vault’) was accessioned as 1883.765.III.1-8) with the correct date of 1834. Most likely as a result of this numbering system the two burials were occasionally, and incorrectly, referred to as Vault II and Vault III in museum documentation.
Event Date 1883
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Smith, R.A. (1912). ‘On Late-Celtic Antiquities Discovered at Welwyn, Herts.’. Archaeologia, vol. 62. pp. 1-30
Event Date 1912
Author: Sam Daisley

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Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. p. 99-100. pl. XVII.
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Thomas, Stanley. (1965). Pre-Roman Britain. Studio Vista: London. fig. 305.
Event Date 1965
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Stead, I.M. (1967). ‘A La Tène III Burial at Welwyn Garden City’. Archaeologia, vol. 101. pp. 1-61
Event Date 1967
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
Two jointed iron hooks suspended from a large ring. An additional smaller ring is affixed to the large ring for suspending the whole hook-group.
Event Date 22/11/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Analysis)
The most recent analysis dates Standfordbury A as around the time of the Conquest and Stanfordbury B as late as AD 50, with both graves containing some material that is culturally Iron Age.
Event Date 22/6/2022
Author: Sam Daisley