Description (Physical description)
Metal Shield Boss
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Listed 'Present and Purchased 1860-1861' as: 'The broken boss of an Anglo-Saxon shield and two small spear heads made of iron, found near the Fleam Dyke between Balsham and Mutlow Hill.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Related Documents)
Label tied to boss: 'Camb. Antiq. Soc. / Found by the Fleam Ditch between Balsham and Mutlow Hill. 1861.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
Label found with Z 16967[.1-2]: Fleam Dyke between Mutlow Hill & Balsham'. This certainly refers to Z 16067.1, but may not refer to Z 16067.2.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for Z 16067[.1-2]: 'two Anglo Saxon shield bosses.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (References)
(1861). 'Presents and Purchases, 1860-1861'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 2.2. p. 10
Event Date 1861
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. p. 293. pl. XXXII no. 7A.
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Amendments / updates)
Peter Rooley: 'One of the two catalogue cards includes in manuscript the location Fen Ditton which lies to the north and west of the section of the Fleam Dyke which is otherwise identified as the findspot for these artefacts.'
Imogen Gunn: 'The Fleam Dyke card definitely refers to Z 16067.1, which has a different collection history than Z 16067.2 - it is possible that the Fen Ditton card refers to the latter shield boss' 9/12/2020
Event Date 24/09/2013
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Shield boss with straight cone profile, slightly overhanging carination and straight wall profile. Five rivets present around the flange, possibly of copper alloy. White metal disc on cone apex; part of apex and several sections of flange missing.
Event Date 8/12/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
The label tied to the boss identifies it as coming from the 1883 Cambridge Antiquarian Society founding collection and being given to the Society in 1861. The Cambridge Antiquarian Society has been added to the Source field, which was previously blank; 1883 has been added to the Source Year.
Event Date 9/12/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)