Accession No
1948.1473 B
Description
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Square headed with rounded notches in lower edge, decorated with punchmarks along outer edge. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Top of foot decorated with transverse grooved lines, flared, triangular terminal with punchmarks along outer edge. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1473 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
68mm
Events
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 brooch. Square head with notches in lower edge. Triangular foot. Cross pattee decoration. Dot engraving outlines head and foot.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851 possibly from grave 137.
Event Date 1851
Author: maa
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: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Square headed with rounded notches in lower edge, decorated with punchmarks along outer edge. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Top of foot decorated with transverse grooved lines, flared, triangular terminal with punchmarks along outer edge. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Event Date 18/12/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:15838
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