Accession No

1953.20.2


Description

A small soil sample, which also contains small fragments of copper alloy.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Snailwell


Period

Late Iron Age early Roman


Source

Newmarket Rural District Council [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1953.20.2; 9 [Excavation No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Soil; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

Weight 0.068kg


Events

Context (Related Documents)
A loose hand written label seen with the soil reads 'Soil from inside bottom of bronze bowl' [1953.20.2] in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. No. 9.Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1954). 'Burial of an Iron Age Warrior at Snailwell'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 47. pp. 25-37.
Event Date 1954
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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 Beestin-Sheriff


Description (Physical description)
A small soil sample.
Event Date 13/2/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A small soil sample, which also contains small fragments of copper alloy.
Event Date 17/6/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:282901

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