Accession No

2015.82


Description

Copper alloy small long brooch with rectangular headplate and flat semicircular side and top knobs. Pyramidal bow; foot decorated with transverse grooved lines. Expanded flaring terminal. Single pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse with iron corrosion around pin bar lug.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; West Wickham


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Cuddeford, Michael J. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2015.82; MAA: MN0022; A0035


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

34mm x 18mm x 64mm


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)
One bronze small long type Anglo Saxon brooch. There are traces of iron from the pin and hinge on the back, these are missing.
Event Date 27/7/2015
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy small long brooch with rectangular headplate and flat semicircular side and top knobs. Pyramidal bow; foot decorated with transverse grooved lines. Expanded flaring terminal. Single pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse with iron corrosion around pin bar lug.
Event Date 30/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5682 | Remedial
Event Date 15/5/2023
Author: Kirstie French


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:268407

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