Description (Physical description)
Cruciform fibula of 'Londesborough type'. With Iron Pin. Knobs cast in one with head plate. Bud Head lobes beneath bow. Horse head shows exaggerated nostrils and expanded foot blade. Short engravings like stitching round central square of head plate and below bow
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851 from Grave 116.
Event Date 1851
Author: Annie Tomkins

Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. R C Neville, in a Cemetery near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, during the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. (Pl VIII No.16)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card notes: 'Londesborough type'
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Rectangular central panel decorated with punchmarks on outer edges; broad wings; half round top and side knobs. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel decorated with punchmarks and scrolled lappets and two transverse grooves below. Horse head foot with deep brow, protruding eyes and circular nostrils. Exaggerated sub-rectangular lip terminal. On reverse, iron pin bar lug and cast copper alloy catchplate are present.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins