Context (Analysis)
As part of research for the publication 'Decorative Punchmarks on Non-Ferrous Artefacts from Barrington Edix Hill Anglo-Saxon Cemetery...' (1996), John Hines visited MAA and took Xantopren-L blue (silicon-based rubber) peels from many of the objects subsequently listed in Catalogue 2 of that publication. It is not known whether this is one of the objects from which a peel was taken or when.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 16133[.1-2] reads: '2 bronze brooches' and in later hand 'small long'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 16133[.1-2]: '2 bronze brooches'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
There is currently no grave information for Z 16133.1-2. Whilst it is possible that this will be identified in the future, it is also possible these brooches were amongst the artefacts found at Hooper's Field in the months between the cemetery's discovery in 1879 and the commencement of Foster's excavation in April 1880.
Event Date 1880
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. P. XXX.6
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Hilton, Patricia. (1961). The Cemeteries at Barrington and Haslingfield in Relation to the Anglo-Saxon Settlement of England. (Unpublished PhD thesis). University of Leeds, Leeds. No. B17
Event Date 1961
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16133[.1-2]: 'Small long brooches'
Event Date 23/4/1987
Author: maa

Context (References)
Mortimer, C., & Stoney, M. (1996). 'Decorative Punchmarks on Non-Ferrous Artefacts from Barrington Edix Hill Anglo-Saxon Cemetery 1989-91, Cambridgeshire, In Their Regional Context'. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report, 62. Catalogue 2
Event Date 1996
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Malim, Tim and Hines, John. (1998). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire. CBA Research Report 112. York: Council for British Archaeology. p. 95
Event Date 1998
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Description for 2006.744 A-I: '8 Anglo-Saxon brooches. Three cruciform brooches (A-B, C and I), and four small-long brooches (D-H). One brooch broken in two and catalogued as A-B.'
Event Date 15/11/2010
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
Both the Accession Register and the catalogue card for Z 16133 identify the brooches as coming from Edix Hill (Barrington A) and from Trinity College loan collection, and they also note these brooches are illustrated by Cyril Fox in the Archaeology of the Cambridge Region, Pl. XXX. The photograph, however, is annotated 'Barrington B' [Hooper's Field] and the brooches are clearly mounted on a board reading 'Foster Bequest', which does indeed tally with the site of Hooper's Field. Furthermore, Hilton (1961) also identifies these brooches as being from Hooper's Field and the Foster Bequest. It seems, therefore, that the Accession Register and catalogue card were mistaken in assigning these brooches to Edix Hill and the Trinity College loan collection, and the record has been amended accordingly.
Event Date 28/11/2021
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other)
At an unknown date, Z 16133.1-2 became disassociated from their accession number and were reaccessioned as 2006.744 G-H, respectively. They were matched up based on their illustration in the Archaeology of the Cambridge Region.
Event Date 28/11/2021
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch with rectangular headplate; both top corners cut out with circular perforations at top corners of raised central panel. Decorated with punchmarks along the vertical edges of the headplate and central panel. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Foot decorated with two raised rectangular bosses and transverse grooved lines. Expanded foot decorated with punchmarks. Catchplate and single pin bar lug on reverse with remains of iron pin.
Event Date 10/9/2024
Author: Lily Pencliffe