Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten notes read:'GRAVE 8. Ring at neck. Buckle at r. side of skeleton. Knife opp. buckle. Whorl outside r. ramus. Pin behind head' and '501 DW 4'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1953.186[.1-8]: 'Annular bronze brooch with pin missing found at the neck. Small bronze buckle with rectangular plate. Two single edged iron knives. Spindlewhorl of clunch, 2 pins. Greeny blue glass bead with yellow core. '
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Context (Field collection)
Grave 8. The bronze buckle and plate were found at right side; the spindle whorl outside right ramus; the pin[s] behind head; and the annular brooch found at the neck.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Annular bronze brooch with pin missing.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa

Context (References)
Wilson, D.M. (1956). The Initial Excavations of an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol XLIX. pp. 29-41.
Event Date 1956
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Annular brooch, with rounded semicircular cross-section. Small grooves on inner and outer edge give serrated effect. Pin rest and pin constriction visible, but pin is no longer present.
Event Date 20/4/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff