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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