Context (Field collection)
The Annual Report covering the war years (1939-1946) records this group of objects (1942.125-1942.129) as coming from a 'cemetery, in the vicinity of Quy, [which] produced a sword and objects of the seventh century recalling those from Burwell and Shudy Camps. This important cemetery ought to be excavated if an opportunity should occur' (p. 2). The records for 1942.128 and 1942.129 record that they were found when making a landing ground. This might be the same cemetery that the gilded square-headed brooch (AN1909.320) in the Ashmolean Museum was found. However the Heritage Gateway record (CHER No. 06508), which does not list the MAA objects, notes that: 'AS remains reputed to have been found at Quy (Ashmolean Museum) are almost certainly from the large cemetery in Little Wilbraham parish.' This purported cemetery does not appear in Meaney (1964). Whether these finds come from a distinct cemetery or are part of the Little Wilbraham cemetery is currently unknown.
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Part of a small ?thread box. Barrel shaped with ribbed sides and domed lid. Top of dome is perforated and the flange is decorated with two lines of repousse dots.
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Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Cemetery between Quy and Wilbraham
Collected in 1942
Event Date 1942
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Much of this object is reconstructed using cork.
Event Date 25/7/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Small silver box, possibly a thread box. Made of sheet metal. Circular lid with boss; circular perforation at apex, convex profile and a flange decorated with two lines of repoussé dots. Body barrel shaped with ribbed sides of parallel grooves. Fragments of body and all of base missing.
Event Date 23/4/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins