Oval shaped marble bead with lengthways perforation. [JP 28/7/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Oval shaped marble bead with lengthways perforation. [JP 28/7/2003]
Long description: One of thirteen oval marble beads found unentered at 64 Banbury Road in a small glass topped box with a handwritten note from Crawford (see below). [JP 28/7/2003]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Somerset South Somerset Montacute OR Norton sub Hamdon OR Stoke sub Hamdon Ham (Hamdon) Hill
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Mr Barnes; PRM source Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1957
Date collected: By 1957
Acquisition information: Donated: 1957 Found unentered: 2003
Materials and processes: Material Marble Stone, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 15 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2003.119.5
Research and responses: Ham (or Hamdon) Hill is entirely occupied by "Possibly the largest hillfort in the country". It is located in the County of Somerset, and occupies parts of Montacute, Norton sub Hamdon, Stoke sub Hamdon Civil Parishes. The site is recorded on the Somerset Historic Environment Record under PRN 55103. Details can be found online at www.somerset.gov.uk/her [accessed 28/04/2009] [MN 28/04/2009].

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