Accession No
Z 21335.2
Description
Disrupted undecorated iron ring, possible bracelet; circular in cross section. Corroded; partially reconstructed.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Newnham; Croft Lodge
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Watson (Miss) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 21335.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
70mm
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
An old label accompanying a pot (1936.357) reads: 'Pottery found with Saxon fibula. Iron ring. Date about 550 AD. See A.R. 1910.' This may indicate that 1936.357 and Z 21335 are a burial group.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (Field collection)
1910.263-1910.267: Found on two skeletons in [Miss Watson's] garden at Newnham, Cambridge December 23 1910.
Event Date 23/12/1910
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 244, Pl. 27.5
Event Date 1923
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 21335: 'A short long bronze brooch and iron ring/bracelet'.
Event Date 14/10/1986
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Disrupted undecorated iron ring, possible bracelet; circular in cross section. Corroded; partially reconstructed.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:291627
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