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)
An almost complete small long type Anglo Saxon bronze brooch. There are traces of iron left from the iron spring hinge and there are iron rivets from an old repair. The spring hinge, pin, foot and top knob are missing.
Event Date 27/7/2015
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy small long cruciform brooch with rectangular headplate and half round side knobs; top knob missing. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom, each decorated with a transverse grooved line. Foot decorated with transverse grooved lines at top and bottom; terminal missing. Pin bar lugs and catchplate have been replaced, probably contemporaneously with sheet copper alloy, riveted through the headplate with iron rivets. Iron corrosion around pin bar lugs.
Event Date 29/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5683 | 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