Accession No
Z 23567 A.3
Description
Small iron blade, possibly a knife or part of a pair of shears. Sloping shoulder and choil.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Huntingdonshire; Great Paxton
Period
Medieval
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 23567 A.3
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
57mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Tebbutt.C.F
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Description, Z 23567 [A-E]: 'Scraps of iron; knife blade, rivet, nails, etc'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. and Tebbutt, Charles F. (1935). 'Ancient Lime-kilns at Great Paxton, Hunts., their relation to the Anglo-Saxon Church at Great Paxton, and a Tentative Scheme for dating Pottery of the Late Saxon Period' in Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol. XXXV, pp. 97-105. Fig.2, 5
Event Date 1935
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Small iron blade, possibly a knife or part of a pair of shears. Sloping shoulder and choil.
Event Date 17/5/2021
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:291750
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