Accession No

1948.1332 B


Description

Cast copper alloy small long brooch, of square headed type. High-arched bow with longitudinal grooves 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. Broken at top of triangular terminal, secured with unknown adhesive.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1332 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

65mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch of plain square headed type. Arched moulded bow, grooves below bow. Expande triangular foot. Foot broken off.
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 A.
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. (Not Illustrated)

?1st Half 6 Century AD
Event Date 1852
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch, of square headed type. High-arched bow with longitudinal grooves 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. Broken at top of triangular terminal, secured with unknown adhesive.
Event Date 4/1/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:15913

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