Context (Field collection)
Grave 20. Similar brooch found in grave 20 in fragments. Now missing. Also 9 beads. Excavated in 1851
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. Pl. 5 No. 20.
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett

Description (CMS Description)
Small long brooch of trefoil headed type. Head projection squared. Side arms bifid. Lappets below bow. Bifid foot plate. Late example scollop engraving round margins. Iron pin missing
Event Date 31/3/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Rectangular central panel; bifurcated semicircular side wings with a transverse row of punchmarks and along the outer edge; flat rectangular top knob decorated with a transverse row of punchmarks bound between multiple transverse grooves. Bow with a central longitudinal ridge and rectangular section areas at the top and bottom. Rectangular lappets followed by three ridges; bifurcated semicircle terminal decorated with transverse and diagonal lines. Pin bar lug and catchplate broken.
Event Date 16/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett