The Dolphin Inn Hoard

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

Bibliographic Data

ID11616487
AuthorsCraig Cessford (0000-0001-7291-7828, corresponding author), Richard Newman (0000-0002-2603-2209), Martin Allen (0000-0001-8786-6429), David A Hinton, David Hinton
Year2011
Volume168
Issue1
Pages272-284
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2011.11020836
OpenAlexW1977623769
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

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