Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads: 'Found in the garden of Croft Lodge, Newnham. Bought, with 36.357-[1936.366], from Mrs Wyatt, who thought 36.358-[1936.366] formed one grave-group; but there is no certain evidence for this. See [catalogue cards for] 36.357 & .358 [for more details].'
Event Date 4/9/1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Bronze " small-long" brooch, square headplate with wings; small sidewings below bow; crescent-shaped foot; slightly decorated with S - stamps on headplate, and two circles on foot.
Event Date 4/9/1986
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Mrs. Laurie Wyatt offered this group of artefacts (1936.357-1936.366) for sale to Louis Clarke in a letter dated 7 March 1936 (in correspondence file in archive), which was suggested to her by the British Museum. She wrote to Clarke that she believed 1936.358-1936.366 to be 'a complete "Grave Set" found at Cambridge'. She also mentions 'a cooking pot (broken) which was found at the same time', surely 1936.357, which implies that she at least believed that it did not come from the same grave. Clarke responded on 9 March 1936 to say that the museum would indeed like to purchase the grave group and asks for more information about where in Cambridge it was found. She responded on 19 March 1936 to acknowledge the receipt, confirm that the artefacts have been sent and to say that they were found at Barton Road: 'The site in Barton Road now has three blocks of new flats with bright green roofs built over it.'
Event Date 18/6/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy small long brooch. Square headplate, raised central rectangle panel with single-row of S-shaped punchmarks along top edge. Arched bow with raised triangular panel to top and bottom, two transverse grooves at base. Foot features two rectangular lappets, raised band with three transverse grooves and wide rounded triangular terminal decorated with two circular indentations. Corroded; pin bar lug, catchplate and fragment of iron pin.
Event Date 14/5/2021
Author: Jane Pettitt