Accession No
1948.1345
Description
Iron shield boss with large plain disc head apex, a straight cone profile, overhanging carination and concave wall profile. Five rivets with disc head present in the flange, one with corresponding rectangular copper alloy plate on the rear. Small sections of the flange missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1345; 18
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Copper alloy
Local Term
Measurements
90mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label tied around apex: 'Grave 18'
In pencil: 'L.W.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered to surface: '18'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Shield Boss. Rim and knob attached to shield with five large headed nails which are still in position. The boss is angular in section; Complete.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Grave 18, 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. (Ref. Plate: XXXVII)
Event Date 1852
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Iron shield boss with large plain disc head apex, a straight cone profile, overhanging carination and concave wall profile. Five rivets with disc head present in the flange, one with corresponding rectangular copper alloy plate on the rear. Small sections of the flange missing.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:15890
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