Staves and bronze mounts from a Late Iron Age wooden bucket from Bramble Shot Field, Great Chesterford (EHER 4921)
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Summary
Staves and bronze mounts of a wooden bucket, dated to the 1st century AD. Source <1> incorrectly attributes it to possibly the Early Iron Age. The bucket belongs to an Aylesford-type burial, see EHER 4858 for more.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TL 52 44 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT CHESTERFORD, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Staves and bronze mounts of an Early (?) Iron Age wooden bucket. Typical La Tene design on the handles dates it to the 1st century AD. <1>
In Cambridge AE [Archaeology and Ethnology, now Archaeology and Anthropology] Museum. <2>
Found at Great Chesterford. <3> <4>
Site Assessment: Accession number?
Note: The bucket belongs to an Aylesford-type burial, see EHER 4858 for more information. This record had been mapped to the generic location TL 50 43 but has been re-mapped to the known location of Bramble Shot Field. The mapped location does not represent the precise findspot as this is unknown, but better represents the location from where it came.
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX720 Artifact: Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography. unknown. ARTEFACT Cambridge AE Museum.
- <3> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL54SW41, 1974.
- <4> SEX1315 Bibliographic reference: Fox, C.. 1923. Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. p.105.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events (1)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL54