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MuseumsSite Name: Cuming Museum
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.025 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Greater London Type: Museum
Nearest Town: London
Map Ref: TQ322786  Landranger Map Number: 176
Latitude: 51.490900N  Longitude: 0.097199W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Museum in Greater London. Currently closed.

Local Archaeology (in storage)

Address: 155 - 157 Walworth Road, SE17 1RS
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TQ3278 : North on A215 Walworth Road, approaching Elephant & Castle (SR) Station, 1983 by Ben Brooksbank
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TQ3278 : The Art Works Elephant fronting the Heygate Estate, Walworth Road by Robin Stott
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A few bits of the Cuming Collection are due to reappear at the new Walworth Library by Andy B on Friday, 05 March 2021
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I found a little book about the Cuming Collection

https://sophyrickett.com/elephant-atlas

https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16444/1/Elephant_Atlas_Catalogue.pdf

Apparently a few bits of the Cuming Collection are about to reappear at the new Walworth Library

https://walworthsociety.co.uk/2021/02/26/walworth-society-latest-news-26th-february/

https://mcusercontent.com/1d4cbd5443daab04d0a2f98fe/files/c55b85b7-1305-4b91-b6f8-6884f8c9ef09/WSMeetingMinutes_18Feb21.pdf


Wraps coming off the new Southwark Heritage Centre & Walworth Library at the top end of the Walworth Road. Should not be long until it is open now! pic.twitter.com/Yhbdp0UKre

— Walworth Society (@WalworthSociety) January 3, 2021
http://twitter.com/WalworthSociety/status/1345763361699622917

Finally a link for a large pink granite axehammer. It is well sharpened on the edge and perforated with a hole. It is not completely circular, measuring 29mm diameter at one end.

http://heritage.southwark.gov.uk/objects/16239/axehammer
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Re: Cuming Museum by njbarton on Friday, 05 March 2021
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Museum closed to the general public since a fire in 2013
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