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1884.140.1438.1

Oyster shell. [JC [OPS Move] 26/4/2017]

1884.140.1438.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Oyster shell. [JC [OPS Move] 26/4/2017]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Iron Age, uncertain Archaeological period: Romano-British, uncertain
Date collected
By 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 13/05/2013
Materials and processes
Material Shell
Dimensions
Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 35 mm, Length: max 48 mm, Weight 4 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.140.1438.1
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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