Accession No

2011.41 B


Description

One scraper of white flint with cortex partly preserved.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Wandlebury; Wormwood Hill


Period

?Neolithic


Source

Cunnington, Edgar Cecil [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2011.41 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 'Wormwood Hill' in blue ink and 'E.C.C.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


Context (Other)
Three items found without idno in Box marked 'English/Irish neolithic unprovenanced', accessioned and relocated.
Event Date 9/6/2011
Author: Peter Rooley


Context (Amendments / updates)
The donor listed as 'E. C. Cunnington' can be identified as Edgar Cecil Cunnington, who matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1908. He served as a medical officer with the Sheffield City Battalion of the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War, was mentioned in dispatches in 1917, and was killed in action at Bullecourt on 23 March 1918. The source field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 9/6/2011
Author: Peter Rooley


Context (CMS Context)
All marked "Wormwood Hill" A is marked "E.C.C." B and C have full "E.C.Cunnington" and C has "Feb.09".
Event Date 9/6/2011
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 2011.41 A-C: 'Three white/grey flint pieces - core, scraper and possibly a knife.'
Event Date 9/6/2011
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
One scraper of white flint with cortex partly preserved.
Event Date 21/1/2026
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung


FM:327938

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