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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