Accession No
1948.1332 A
Description
Cast copper alloy small long brooch, of square headed type. High-arched bow with longitudinal groove down centre and rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Top of foot decorated with transverse grooved lines. Flared, small triangular terminal. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon early 6th century
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1332 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
63mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
?1st Half 6 century AD
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Labels & Markings)
Small, red sticker adhered to reverse of foot.
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch of plain square headed type. Arched moulded bow, grooves below bow. Expanded triangular foot.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Excavated from grave 7 in 1851. Found with an iron knife, 6 beads, a twisted bronze ring and 3 ear picks on a bronze ring; 1948.1332 B-D.
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. II (No.7)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch, of square headed type. High-arched bow with longitudinal groove down centre and rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Top of foot decorated with transverse grooved lines. Flared, small triangular terminal. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Event Date 4/1/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:15912
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