Accession No
TEMP.01746.13
Description
Seven pieces of worked, unworked and fire damaged flint, one sherd with stamped name and one large lump of iron and slag.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Newmarket Bypass
Period
?Mesolithic ?Neolithic ?Roman ?Medieval ?Post Medieval ?Modern
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.01746.13; NM72 17a [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint; Pottery; Ceramic; Slag; Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found, unaccessioned, in a box marked ‘Cambridge Western Bypass M11 Field-Walking Finds’, in a larger box marked ‘Cambridge M11/Newmarket Bypass Fieldwalking Finds’. The Cambridge Western Bypass M11 material was assigned the TEMP number TEMP.01745 and the Newmarket Bypass material was assigned TEMP.01746, TEMP.01751 and TEMP.01752. The Newmarket Bypass fieldwalking material was likely to have been collected in 1972 and 1973, according to the site codes; it is not currently known when it entered the museum.
Event Date 18/5/2022
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Seven pieces of worked, unworked and fire damaged flint, one sherd with stamped name and one large lump of iron and slag.
Event Date 18/5/2022
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:296585
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