Description (Labels & Markings)
Small, red circular sticker adhered to reverse.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch. Very worn trefoil type with a hole in the head plate. Triangular foot; Very Much Worn.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851 from grave 182. Found with an iron ring; 2 pairs of wrist clasps; 42 beads.
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. Pl I (no. 182)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long cruciform brooch. Square headplate with perforated circular hole and with flat half-crescent top and side knobs. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. The foot is decorated with transverse grooved lines, flaring to a triangular terminal. On the reverse are the remains of the pin bar lug and catchplate. The headplate and knobs are worn. Pitted surface throughout.
Event Date 18/12/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins