Context (Field collection)
The William Taylor Windle Potts bequest of Anglo-Saxon artefacts from a single grave in Little Wilbraham (2013.286-2013.291) were collected by Potts and his father, Ronald Windle Potts in 1943. W.T.W. Potts wrote an account of their discovery, now in the MAA archive, in which he wrote: 'The grave, which is still visible [as of 3 April 2005] in the face of the old chalk quarry, had been disturbed by rabbits and probably by children... Only fragments of bones remained of the upper portion of the skeleton. The lower half of the grave had been quarried away. The [brooches] and comb were in the shoulder region. The only other items were two round stones in the upper corners of the grave. It lay NW-SE, at the right angles to the edge of the quarry farthest from the Street Way. We took the items to [MAA], which conserved them.'
Event Date 1943
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
W.T.W. Potts' brother, Malcolm Potts, also collected material from Little Wilbraham cemetery, which was donated to MAA in 1953 (1953.102.1-.6).
Event Date 17/2/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Bronze small-long brooch. Faint circular punch marks decorate the long edges of the head plate. Plain foot. Pin missing.
Event Date 17/2/2014
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Square headplate with flat half-crescent top and side knobs; decorated with scalloped punchmarks. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. The foot is decorated with transverse grooved lines, flaring to a triangular terminal with pitted surface. On the reverse are the remains of the pin bar lug and catchplate. Pitted surface on foot.
Event Date 4/1/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins