Accession No
1955.132 I
Description
Iron axe head.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Worlington; Rectory Farm
Period
Roman
Source
Summers, Harry [?excavator and donor]; Briscoe (Lady)
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1955.132 I
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Iron axe head.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Found 1954, part of a hoard of Roman iron work found when ploughing on land farmed by Harry Summers. OS Grid Reference 685738
Event Date 1954
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Six iron axeheads.
Event Date 1955
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
After being found when ploughing on Summers land in 1954, objects from the hoard were brought to the museum by Lady Briscoe in 1955.
Event Date 1955
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Liversidge, J. 1956. 'A Hoard of Romano-British Ironwork from Worlington'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 49. p. 89.
Event Date 1956
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:285096
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