Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card: 'B. 2 Bronze bells (written on one is Fengate W P.boro)'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Related Documents)
The initial entry into the Accession Register only makes reference to one '?Iron Age bronze bell'. However the catalogue card has at some point been amended to reflect that two bells have been seen and both assigned to this idno.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 'Fengate W. Pboro' in white ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
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)
Two bronze bells (written on one is Fengate W P' boro).
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)
A narrow, short bronze bell with suspension hoop. There is no evidence of a clanger or any suspension for one in the interior.
Event Date 28/1/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Narrow copper alloy bell with suspension hoop cut into a flat square protrusion at the top of the bell. No shoulder, flaring base. There is no evidence of a clanger or any suspension for one in the interior.
Event Date 11/5/2021
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Amendments / updates)
On splitting the database record, the original place name of Woodston has been retained for A.1 but the marking on the bell A.2 'FENGATE' suggests this should be its Provenance. Therefore this location has been entered into the Place field.
Event Date 15/3/2022
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson