Winged chape
The Little Thetford winged chape was found by David Fletcher within an acre of the site of Harrimere Chapel. According to Mike Young, it is a rare artifact. A chape is a metal plate or mounting of a scabbard or sheath. A winged chape is indicative of later European Bronze-Age cavalry warfare. The location of this find around the Harrimere area suggests it may have been part of a ritual or sacrifice.
Local archaeologist David Jacques discovered this burnt flint whilst rooting close to the woodpecker chippings in Robert Young’s garden on Sunday, 17 April 2011. Burnt flints have been found all over the area including Soham and Cambourne. Such finds provide evidence of human occupation from the late Neolithic through to the Bronze-Age. It is believed that the flint was put into the fire overnight and used to heat water in the morning.
Dave Fletcher reported some of his finds to us recently. We especially liked five curse tablets, or lead curses, which were found within an area of approximately one acre close to the site of Harrimere Church. Dave has had the large tablet identified by Helen Fowler and two of the small ones by Anne Taylor, both of Cambridge University’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; although none of these suspected Roman tablets has yet been opened.
We’ve added a new page to the website with a simple animation showing the geology of the parish and the surrounding area. (There’s also a link on the village information page). Just click on the picture or follow the link above to see the animated version.
Geology of the parish
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
See the web site here.
2011–2012
Before Cowslip Drive was built in it’s present form in 1995, an excavation was undertaken by Cambridge Archaeology Unit that uncovered remains showing the site was an Iron Age site and subsequently nearly 2000 years ago, a Romano-British Site. Who would have thought!?
If you live n Cowslip Drive, just imagine who might have been wandering around your living room 2000 years ago!
Read the following page on this site to find out more. Cowslip Drive archaeological dig before building in 1995
We’ve added a couple of new items to the archaeology section including some broaches and fishing weights. (see the Archaelogy page)
There’s also a local Witchford walk which takes in part of Little Thetford (see the Walks section)
We’ve added some audio of Janet Braybrooke – our village post woman singing Don’t cry for me Argentina (See the Music page under Recreation).
And finally we have a nice new weather widget on the right hand side of the page showing the 5 day outlook. Click the arrows to the side of the map to show rain, pressure or temperature.
On the 29th April 2010, local farmer, John Parish, found two stone flint axes whilst driving his tractor, spraying his fields. They were on the surface. More details…
Beaker Flint Dagger
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