Accession No
2011.41 C
Description
One elongated white flint, possibly used as a knife.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Wandlebury; Wormwood Hill
Period
?Neolithic
Source
Cunnington, Edgar Cecil [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2011.41 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 'Wormwood Hill. Feb. 09' in blue ink and 'E. C. Cunnington' 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 elongated white flint, possibly used as a knife.
Event Date 21/1/2026
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:327939
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