Antler fragment, comprising part of the beam and a fragment of a tine. All three ends are fractured. [JC [OPS Move] 26/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Antler fragment, comprising part of the beam and a fragment of a tine. All three ends are fractured. [JC [OPS Move] 26/4/2017]
Long description: Antler fragment with evidence of gnawing and butchery. Cracked. [JW [Excav. PR] 23/05/2013]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England East Sussex Lewes Glynde Ranscombe Camp "Rampart" "body of"
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Iron Age, uncertain Archaeological period: Romano-British, uncertain
Date collected: 1878 July 11
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 08/05/2013
Materials and processes: Material Animal Antler
Dimensions: Thick: max 54 mm, Width: max 102 mm, Length: max 200 mm, Weight 80 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.140.1432
Research and responses: Ranscombe Camp [TQ 4363 0907] is an unfinished Iron Age univallate hillfort with evidence of 2nd century AD Romano British occupation. The site is recorded on the English Heritage National Monuments Record under monument no. 405859. The record can be accessed online at http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=405859. [MN 22/07/2009]

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