Context (Analysis)
A gold bracelet found by a metal detectorist in the south of Belgium has a terminal of a very similar shape to the Snailwell bracelet. It can be found on p. 112 of 'Late Iron Age Gold Hoards from the Low Countries and the Caesarian Conquest of Northern Gaul', edited by Nico Roymans et al. Eugène Warmenbol, Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, made this connection and will be publishing it in the near future.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Found lying on the cremated bones on the bier, but itself is unburnt. Was deposited when the bones were cool.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Spiral bracelet with moulded animal head ornament. There is an inlaid eye on each inner side of the animal head, the outer side is left plain. The nose and back of the neck of the animal is decorated with dots. The armlet is of triangular section. There is a double rocking line.

Event Date 1953
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See catalogue card for sketch diagram of the ornamental end of the bracelet. The card has the following entry; "There is a double rocking line as on Roman brooches and bracelets running along the crest. The animal terminals are of Celtic inspiration. The spiral form is unusual in La Tene bracelets , but may be related to the later spiral bracelets from Scottish sites e.g. Traprain Law of the Second Century A.D".
Event Date 1953
Author: maa

Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1954). 'Burial of an Iron Age Warrior at Snailwell', Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 47. pp. 25-37. pl. V, VI b.
Event Date 1954
Author: Imogen Gunn

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2017.3881 | Remedial
Event Date 5/7/2017
Author: Kirstie Williams

Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age C and Gallo Belgic.
Event Date 10/6/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn