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

Context (Analysis)
Cf. Hattatt, Richard. 2000. A visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxbow Books: Oxford. fig. 209-210.
Event Date 2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Cf. Hattatt, Richard. 1989. Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts. Oxbow Books: Oxford. pp. 125-127.
Event Date 2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A small, almost complete, bronze, umbonate type brooch. Circular with a slight cone shape to the front and with four peripheral lugs. There are traces of blue enamel in the floral shaped central design. Pin is in situ.
Event Date 20/7/2015
Author: maa

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5696 | Remedial
Event Date 16/5/2023
Author: Katerina Theodoraki

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