Accession No
1974.380.2
Description
Fragment of a copper alloy (bronze) slag.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Peterborough; Fengate
Period
?Iron Age
Source
Abbott, George Wyman [excavator]; Abbott, D. Wyman [bequeather]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1974.380.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
24mm x 11mm x 32mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Excavated prior to 1910 by George Wyman Abbott. See archive for papers (W11/1/1 – W11/1/4 and W11/1/6 – W11/1/7).
Event Date 1900
Author: Sam Daisley
Context (Field collection)
Hawkes, C.F.C. and Fell, C. (1943). ‘The Early Iron Age Settlement at Fengate, Peterborough’. The Archaeological Journal. Vol. 100. pp. 188-233
Event Date 1943
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Iron pin; squared twisted shaft. Fragment of bronze slag
Event Date 1974
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Evans, Christopher and Grahame Appleby. (2008). ‘Historiography and Fieldwork: Wyman Abbott’s Great Fengate Ring-ditch (a Lost Manuscript Found)’. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, vol. 74. pp. 171-192
Event Date 2008
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a copper alloy (bronze) slag.
Event Date 7/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:282278
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