Context (Analysis)
Brooch has been drilled on reverse of bow for metal analysis. Date of drilling and analysis results are unknown.

Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Analysis)
As part of research for the publication 'Decorative Punchmarks on Non-Ferrous Artefacts from Barrington Edix Hill Anglo-Saxon Cemetery...' (1996), John Hines visited MAA and took Xantopren-L blue (silicon-based rubber) peels from many of the objects subsequently listed in Catalogue 2 of that publication. It is not known whether this is one of the objects from which a peel was taken or when.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Hilton, Patricia. (1961). The Cemeteries at Barrington and Haslingfield in Relation to the Anglo-Saxon Settlement of England. (Unpublished PhD thesis). University of Leeds, Leeds. No. A15
Event Date 1961
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: '2 A/S bronze brooches of cruciform type.'
Event Date 24/6/1977
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Cruciform type
Event Date 11/3/1987
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Mortimer, C., & Stoney, M. (1996). 'Decorative Punchmarks on Non-Ferrous Artefacts from Barrington Edix Hill Anglo-Saxon Cemetery 1989-91, Cambridgeshire, In Their Regional Context'. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report, 62. Catalogue 2
Event Date 1996
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Malim, Tim and John Hines. 1998. The Anglo-Saxon Cemeter at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire. CBA Research Report 112. York: Council for British Archaeology. p. 95
Event Date 1998
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
Malim and Hines (1998) identify this cruciform brooch as Type D.
Event Date 1998
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
On 29 April 2016 Agnese Benzonelli, PhD candidate at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, tested this object using pXRF as part of her researcher into the use of black bronze alloys in the ancient and medieval world.
Event Date 29/4/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (CMS Description)
Cruciform brooch. Central panel and wings of head plate decorated with circular punches along edges; surmounted by side knobs and top knob. Rounded lappets decorated with circular punches, as is the foot plate.
Event Date 29/4/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Raised rectangular central panel and two rectangular wings, all with rows of circular punchmarks along the exterior edges. Half round side and top knobs. Arched bow with rectangular section areas at the top and bottom. Circular lappets with punchmarks. Horse head terminal with protruding cheeks and punchmarks. Catchplate intact, pin bar lug damaged. Pin missing.

Event Date 28/4/2021
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Amendments / updates)
When the two cruciform brooches (Z 21328.1-2) were finally accessioned in 1977, they were identified as coming from Edix Hill (Barrington A) but had no Source information. In her 1961 PhD, Patricia Hilton identifies them both as part of the 1914 Trinity College loan collection. Hilton was occasionally mistaken regarding the Source, so Trinity College has tentative been added to the Source field pending further confirmation.
Event Date 8/2/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)