Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for 1948.1473 A-B: '2 small long brooches not identified for certain but possibly those from grave 137 accompanied by 6 beads'.
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins

Description (Physical description)
Small long. Trefoil headed type with bifid foot and side lobes. Rectangular head lobe. Side lappets below foot. Panelled head plate. With scallop engraving on outline edge.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851, possibly from grave 137.
Event Date 1851
Author: Annie Tomkins

Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. (not illustrated)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long cruciform brooch. Raised square central panel decorated with punchmarks; bifurcated half-crescent side and top flat knobs with punchmarks along outer edge. High-arched bow with longitudinal groove down centre and rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel with rounded lappets decorated with punchmarks. Foot decorated with transverse grooved lines; bifurcated half crescent terminal decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse. Damage to top knob and right lappet.
Event Date 18/12/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins