Context (Field collection)
Grave group (1988.223-1988.232) found with a skeleton by Chris Montague while metal detecting in August 1987. Retrospectively assigned number Grave 28 by Malim and Hines (1998). Found on the site of Edix Hill (Barrington A) cemetery, which was excavated in the 19th century.
Event Date 8/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Shield boss.
Event Date 4/5/1988
Author: maa

Context ()
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. pp. 56, Fig. 3.44
Event Date 1998
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville: 'One small fragment of rim broken off but present; around three-quarters of rim still attached.'
Event Date 27/10/2000
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Conservation ()
1996.13M |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Iron shield boss with a small disc apex, convex cone profile with a slightly overhanging carination and concave wall profile. Four unplated iron rivets around the flange; approximately one third of the flange is attached with one small fragment which is detached but present.
Event Date 28/4/2021
Author: Sam Daisley