Accession No

2015.58


Description

Part of bronze, trumpet type brooch. The is moulded with horizontal ridges and globular area on the arch and the head is now at an angle. The pin is missing.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; West Wickham


Period

Roman


Source

Cuddeford, Michael J. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2015.58; MAA: MN0022; A0011


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

67mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Michael J Cuddeford found this material during the mid 1990s during metal detecting in West Wickham. It has been registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme and gifted to MAA. For general information about the site see the Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group vol. 6 part 1, 1995 (see Bib). For other information including original finds list see the object file.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Charge, B. B. et al. (1995). 'Field Survey of Sites at Yen Hall West Wickham, Cambs'. Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group. vol. 6, part 1.
Event Date 1995
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Part of bronze, trumpet type brooch. The is moulded with horizontal ridges and globular area on the arch and the head is now at an angle. The pin is missing.
Event Date 20/7/2015
Author: maa


Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:268383

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