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1912.12.6

Sling-shot of baked clay. [El.B 8/2/2007]

1912.12.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sling-shot of baked clay. [El.B 8/2/2007]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Iron Age
Date collected
By 1912
Acquisition information
Donated: 1912
Materials and processes
Material Clay, Process Fire-Hardened
Dimensions
Length: max 38 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1912.12.6
Research and responses

This may be George C. Swayne listed in the 1901 census as being aged 25 born in Stratford, Warwickshire and living in Glastonbury who was a solicitor [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 27/02/2007]

Glastonbury Lake Village [ST 492 407] is located in the civil parish of Godney, district of Mendip. The village is recorded on the English Heritage maintained National Monuments Record under monument no. 194156 . The NMR describes the site as a "Lake Village occupied apparently in two phases of the Late Iron Age, concluding around 50 AD. Finds include log boats, wheeled vehicles, a currency bar, ploughs, pottery and a tin coin. There is evidence for Neolithic and Roman occupation or use. Possibly a crannog.". The NMR record can be accessed online, see http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=194156. [MN 24/06/2009]

The site is recorded on the Somerset Historic Environment Record under PRN 23637. The record can be viewed online, see www.somerset.gov.uk/her. [MN 24/06/2009]

The site was excavated by the Glastonbury Antiquarian Society under the directorship of A Bulleid and H ST. G Gray between 1892 and 1908. Reports for each season's work were published in Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society in 1902, 1904, 1905 and two in 1907. The key final report for this site was published in a two volume book in 1911. Full reference: Bulleid, A. and Gray, H.St.G. 1911. The Glastonbury Lake Village: a full description of the excavations and relics discovered 1892-1907. Glastonbury: Glastonbury Antiquarian Society [CB 8/12/2009]

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