[{"id": 145974, "created": "2020-08-15T14:27:26.588868", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 85308, "user_id": 580, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-08-15T15:06:12.070021", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "c. TL 6675;7020", "Site": "CAMBRIDGESHIRE;CHIPPENHAM;BADLINGHAM ROAD 1 & 2 & 3", "CollHist": "1/. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam M. M20-1947\r\n2-7/ Tharp, W.M. - private (1888) Chippenham Hall\r\nHistory\r\n1/ given by Miss Philippa Tharp (in memory of her brother, Flying Officer John D.A. Tharp (1922-43)", "Contents": "metal :\r\n1/ Sword, complete with hilt remains FIND 1\r\n2/ 'Sword' fragment FIND 2\r\n3/ 'Sword' fragment FIND 2\r\n4/ 'Sword' fragment FIND 2\r\n5/ 'several crude lumps of metal, either copper or bronze' nearly 5 lbs weight FIND 3\r\nnon-metal\r\n6/. 'few fragments of pottery' reddish yellow & very friable\r\n7/. leg bone\r\n8/. burnt deposit, sooty and sterile of finds\r\n9/. burnt deposit, charcoal with burnt flints & stones", "comments": "", "ArchiveEtc": "Rec. SN. July 80\r\nDF S\r\nCont. Card 1", "ContextType": "1a. HOARD / 4. INDUSTRIAL / 7a. AREA FIND (O) / 7c. MISCELLANEOUS DEBRIS", "BiblioSources": "a) Prigg 1888, 185-7, 193-4\r\nb) Fox 1923, 324 App. II B no. 25", "Circumstances": "p. 185-6 :\r\n\"The site of the discovery ... was upon the open field to the right of the road leading from the village street to Badlingham, and at about 85 yards from it and the fence separating the field from the strip of meadow land which intervenes between it and the brook. At this point, which is  just below the brow of the rising ground, some men digging for gravel, in the middle of  last December (c. 1885/6) unearthed the relic (1/) at a depth of about two and a half feet from the surface. It lay with its point directed to the North West and its hilt at a lower level, upon, and partly within, a stratum of picked flint stones of larger size than the average of those found in the surrounding soil, which is of a sandy nature .... Around the handle-plate of the sword when it was first uncovered, was a blackish fibrous decay, which fell off when the weapon was lifted. [...]e is little doubt, was the remains od the substance which formed its handle. Just [...] of the bed of stones and some two feet further N.W. from the point of the sword, the men came upon a deposit of burnt matter (8), occupying a space of about two feet or so in diameter, and in quantity between two and three bushels, which they described as being \"just like soot from a chimney.\" This they took the trouble to sift, but no fragments of bone or pottery were found in it, nor were any noticed in the vicinity of the sword. ....\"\r\np. 193-4 : ... \" a further discovery ... in close proximity to the spot where the bronze sword (1/) was found. In the early part of last month ... the gravel-raisers were set to work the same pit in a eastward direction, and after a few days digging, exposed what would seem to have been an oblique section of a short and shallow trench, heading West by North West, or thereabouts. In this at about two feet from the surface, they found lying near each other three portions of a bronze leaf-shaped sword, or swords (2/-4/), for it is not clear that the fragments belonged to one weapon, and a leg bone .... probably that of some animal (7/). At a distance of about four yards, N.W., from these they came upon a deposit of blackened earth and charcoal, in which were many flints and pebbles bearing the marks of fire (9/) and among them", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}, {"id": 148261, "created": "2020-09-18T22:01:07.668218", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 85308, "user_id": 658, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-09-18T22:48:38.198316", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "c. TL 6675 7020", "Site": "Cambridgeshire, Chippenham, Badlingham Road 1 & 2 & 3", "CollHist": "Collection:\r\n(1) Cambridge, Fitzwilliam M. M20-1947\r\n(2-7) Tharp, W.M. - Private (1888)\r\n         Cheppenham Hall\r\n\r\nHistory:\r\n(1) Given by Miss Philippa Tharp (in memory of her brother, Flying Officer John D.A. Tharp (1922-48)).", "Contents": "Metal:\r\n(1) Sword, complete with hilt remains.               Find 1\r\n(2) 'Sword' fragment  }\r\n(3) 'Sword' fragment  }                                        Find 2                        \r\n(4) 'Sword' fragment  }\r\n(5) 'Several crude lumps of metal, either copper or bronze', nearly 5 lbs. weight.      Find 3\r\n\r\nNon-Metal:\r\n(6) 'Few fragments of pottery', reddish-yellow & very friable.\r\n(7) Leg bone\r\n(8) Burnt deposit, sooty and sterile of finds.\r\n(9) Burnt deposit, charcoal with burnt flints & stones.", "comments": "In 'Circumstances' the second card of the Context Cards is torn in the upper left corner making the writing illegible.", "ArchiveEtc": "Rec.: SN July 80; DF: S; Cont. Card: 1", "ContextType": "1a. Hoard / 4. Industrial / 7a. Area Find (0) / 7c. Miscellaneous Debris", "BiblioSources": "(a) Prigg (1888) 185-7, 193-4\r\n(b) Fox (1923) 324 App. IIB No. 25", "Circumstances": "p. 185-6:\r\n\"The site of the discovery ... was upon the open field to the right of the road leading from the village street to Badlingham, and at about 85 yards from it and the fence separating the field from the strip of meadowland which intervenes between it and the brook. At this point, which is just below the brow of the rising ground, some men digging for gravel, in the middle of last December (c.1885/6), unearthed the relic (1) at a depth of about two and a half feet from the surace. It lay with its point directed to the northwest and its hilt at a lower level, upon, and partly within, a stratum of packed flint stones of larger size than the average of those found in the surrounding soil, which is of a sandy nature ... Around the handle-plate of the sword when it was first uncovered, was a blackish fibrous decay, which fell off when the weapon was lifted. [...]re is little doubt, was the remains of the substance which formed its handle. Just[...] of the bed of stones and some five feet further SW from the point of the sword, the men came upon a deposit of burnt matter (8), occupying a space of about two feet or so in diameter, and in quantity between two and three bushels, which they described as being \"just like soot from a chimney\". This they took the trouble to sift, but no fragments of bone or pottery were found in it, nor were any noticed in the vicinity of the sword ...\"\r\np. 193-4:...\"a further discovery ... in close proximity to the spot where the bronze sword (1) was found. In the early part of last month ... the gravel-raisers were set to work the same pit in a eastward direction, and after a few days digging, exposed what would seem to have been an oblique section of a short and shallow trench, heading west by northwest, or thereabouts. In this at about two feet from the surface, they found lying near each other three portions of a bronze leaf-shaped sword, or swords (2-4), for it is not clear that the fragments belonged to one weapon, and a leg bone ... probably that of some animal (7). At a distance of about four yards, NW, from there they came upon a deposit of blackened earth and charcoal, in which were many flints and pebbles bearing the marks of fire (9) and among them\r\n                                                                                                       [continued]", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}]