IDNO

LS.168153.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "190.44 - 46. Burwell. Cambs.
Objects collected before 1925-7 excavations.
45. Iron knives, nails, wood, chalk box etc given by Prof. McKenny Hughes 1897.
(3 slides)."

Documentary photograph of:
Carved chalk box with a thick flat base and inwardly sloping walls. Some of the rim has worn away and is missing, and one of the long edges may be lower than the other. The box is undecorated. MAA reference Z 1101 A

Nine iron nails of varying sizes. Four are bent, six have their heads intact. One large nail, and two smaller ones have mineralised wood adhering. MAA reference Z 1101 B.1-9

Iron plate with a pierced rivet, possibly copper alloy. Plate is rounded with one straight edge. Approximately one third has come away and is missing. MAA reference Z 1101 C

24 iron fragments, possibly from an iron vessel, made from thin iron plating. Four pieces have a finished edge, and all pieces are heavily corroded. MAA reference Z 1101 C.2

3 Iron knives with rounded backs. MAA references Z 1101 E.1, Z 1101 E.2, Z 1101 E.2

Iron shield handle with a straight bar and flared square attachment plates. One rivet is still in place; second attachment plate has come away and is missing. Second rivet hole partially intact. MAA reference Z 1101 F

Bone pin or awl with a flat cross-section. Tapers to a narrow point, with one edge being straight and the other slightly curved. MAA reference Z 1101 G

Place

Europe British Isles; United Kingdom; England; Cambridgeshire; Burwell

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Hughes, Thomas McKenny (Professor) [Object collector and donor]

Date

circa 1897

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.168117.TC1 - LS.168220.TC1 were found unaccessioned in drawer S.190.

Source: Collected by Professor Thomas McKenny Hughes, Sir William Ridgeway and Mr. N. Flatman in 1897. [JD 13/03/2024]