More information : About 40 LBA implements along with about 50 lbs of
metal (partially fused) were found at Camberlow Green pre 1877 at
the bottom of a well-shaped hole circa 2ft in diameter and circa
2 1/2ft below the surface, by drainers working in a field for a
Mr Fossey. The hoard was comprised of palstaves, winged and
socketed axes, fragments of swords and daggers and a quantity of
scrap metal. There were reports of portions of pots having been
found near, though none were seen. No other objects are known
to have been found near this spot. The finds are now in the
University Museum of Arch and Ethnology, Cambs. (1-3)
Listed in a group of late bronze age hoards. Finds included weapons, axes, tools and miscellaneous items suggesting a date from the eighth to sixth centuries BC. (4) |