Context (Related Documents)
See catalogue card for sketch diagram of object
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Old display label for Fleam Dyke finds [1958.150-156, 1963.231 and D 1964.1-3] reads: 'FLEAM DYKE. Fen Ditton. Found in the ditch during road widening. d.d. Cambs County Council and M.D. Cra'ster. Lent J.W. Clarke.' Now in Archive (Doc.731)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Burials found in 1957 on the Fleam Dyke at the junction of Fen Ditton and Newmarket Roads during road improvements.
Event Date 1957
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Short-long brooch'
Event Date 1958
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles. (1958). ‘The Riddle of the Dykes.’ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 51. pp. 1-5. Plate II F.
Event Date 1958
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (References)
Hutchinson, Patricia. (1964). ‘Archaeological Notes: Finds from the Fleam Dyke, Fen Ditton.’ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 56/57. pp. 125-126
Event Date 1964
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Small Long Brooch
Event Date 9/9/1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy small long brooch; trapezoidal head with pairs of grooves on the outside edge and rectangular projections decorated around the outside edges with crescent punchmarks. Arched bow with a faint central ridge; footplate is decorated with groups of ridges with a flared terminal decorated on the outer edge with crescent punchmarks; a small portion of the corner has come away and is missing. Pin bar lug is fully intact; catchplate is mostly intact.
Event Date 20/5/2021
Author: Sam Daisley