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Description: | -Letchworth museum holds substantial archaeological collections, including stray finds, but mainly archaeological excavation archives from North Hertfordshire.
The collections range from prehistory to the nineteenth century.
There are particularly important collections from excavations at the Iron Age/ Romano-British settlement of Baldock,which has been the subject of systematic investigation since 1968, including the burial goods of an Iron Age chieftan, cinerary urns used to bury cremated remains, metalwork and high quality Samian ware pottery used by the Romano-British townspeople.
The archaeology displays are undergoing refurbishment during 2003-4. There is a programme of publication for the Baldock excavations due for completion in 2006.
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Broadway
Letchworth Hertfordshire United Kingdom,
SG6 3PF | FAX: | 01462 481879 | Telephone: | 01462 685647 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6469 | Go to resource |
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