The Dolphin Inn Hoard

Re-examining the Early Nineteenth-Century Discovery of a Mid-Thirteenth-Century Hoard from Cambridge

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11616487
AutoresCraig Cessford (0000-0001-7291-7828, autor de correspondencia), Richard Newman (0000-0002-2603-2209), Martin Allen (0000-0001-8786-6429), David A Hinton, David Hinton
Año2011
Volumen168
Número1
Páginas272-284
Fecha de publicación2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2011.11020836
OpenAlexW1977623769
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas10

This paper discusses the evidence relating to a mid-thirteenth-century hoard of coins and jewellery discovered beneath a cellar in Cambridge in 1817. Five gold rings with gemstone settings survive from this group and are now in the possession of Trinity College library; these rings are examined, and their date and significance explored. The history of the material—from its initial discovery up until the mid-nineteenth century when the rings were donated to the college—is also investigated. Finally, the original context of the hoard is discussed, including its possible association with the medieval Jewry of Cambridge

Ancient history · Hoard · Archaeology and Natural History · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History