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Description: | The archaeological collections represent both stray finds and thoes resulting from active collection through excavation and fieldwork. Some of the material is on loan from local archaeological societies and from Sherrardswood School. Material excavated by the Hatfield and District Archaeological Society during the 1970's and 1980's was donated in 1989. The collections range from Palaeolithic to post medieval and include some important Roman material.
Paleolithic- Bronze Age: The museum holds a good collection of flint material, mainly derived from field walking.
Iron Age: A good collection of Iron Age pottery, but little significant metalwork and no coinage.
Roman: two important Roman sites are represented in the museum- the Dicket Mead Roman Villa and the Grange Roman Cemetery. An important Roman coin hoard from Potter's Bar was purchased in 1996
Saxon and Medieval: small collection of material.
Post-Medieval: a representative collection of material from the HADAS excavations.
Foreign archaeology: small collection, including the Harrison Bequest, originating from HADAS.;
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Mill Green
Hatfield Hertfordshire United Kingdom,
AL9 5PD | FAX: | 01707 272 511 | Telephone: | 01707 271362 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6474 | Go to resource |
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