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Bust from Willingham Fen Hoard, now in Arch. Museum, Univ of Cambridge

Hempsalls field, Willingham Fen hoard

History of Willingham hoard

The Willingham Fen hoard was found by a ploughman in 1857 in ‘Hempsalls’ field. It was acquired in 1918 by the Camb. Univ. Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

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