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.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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

Description (Physical description)
Wire ring with a large clear blue glass bead with wire drawn pattern threaded on it. Probably an ear ring.
Event Date 28/4/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Blue-green glass annular bead with light blue twisted rope pattern through it, strung on a silver ring with twisted closure.
Event Date 16/8/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Heaser, Sue. (2025). Anglo-Saxon Beads 400-700 AD: A Visual Guide to Types and Techniques. Wortham, Suffolk: Farthings Publishing. pp. 125-126, 128
Event Date 2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)