Accession No

1950.241.2


Description

Penannular brooch with circular cross section and square, notched terminals each decorated on one face with two raised circles. The iron pin is missing, but the iron loop remains.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1950.241.2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

30mm x 30mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Deposit: Part of a number of small objects picked up on the surface, which had been ploughed out when the urns were broken.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1951). ‘A Cemetery at Lackford, Suffolk: Report of the Excavation of a Cemetery of the Pagan Anglo-Saxon Period in 1947.' Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, 6.
Event Date 1951
Author: Jazmin Hundal


Description (CMS Description)
Brooch. Iron pin missing
Event Date 8/9/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Penannular brooch with circular cross section and square, notched terminals each decorated on one face with two raised circles. The iron pin is missing, but the iron loop remains.
Event Date 1/10/2020
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:21756

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