Context (Field collection)
Excavated from Context 3069.1, Sample 15L.
Event Date 19/2/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
In 2010-2011, the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook excavations along Trumpington's riverside in advance of the construction of the Trumpington Meadows housing development by Grosvenor Britain & Ireland. During the excavations an Early Anglo-Saxon settlement was found and, within the settlement, four burials. The burials were clustered together in a row, although radiocarbon dates indicate that they all may have been buried at different points in the seventh century. On Saturday, 19 February 2011 Grave 1 was excavated, which revealed a rare bed burial. It contained the remains of a girl, aged between 14 and 18 years, who was buried with a gold and garnet cross, linked gold and garnet pins, a chatelaine, a comb and a knife. She had been dressed in fine linen tabbies and a bead-edged shawl and was laid on a wood-framed bed, with a wool blanket covering a mattress. This grave is almost certainly the last burial of the four.
Event Date 19/2/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Auction / Sale)
The cross and pins, together with the associated burial, were declared Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act 1996. In December 2017 the landowners, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, waived their claim on the reward thereby donating the whole burial (2017.58-2017.74) to MAA.
Event Date 12/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Evans, C., Lucy, S. and Patten, R. (2018). 'Anglo-Saxon Burials and Settlement'. In Riversides: Neolithic Barrows, a Beaker Grave, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon Burials and Settlement at Trumpington, Cambridge. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Fig. 5.5
Event Date 2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Flat iron fragment and rounded iron fragment, possibly part of a nail shank.
Event Date 10/1/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other)
These two fragments do not have an entry in Evans et al.'s Grave Catalogue and do not appear to be referenced in any of the other sections of the 'Anglo-Saxon Burials and Settlement' chapter. They were found with 2017.71.1-2 from Sample 15L. In the grave plan (Fig 5.5) there are two nails drawn at the top of the left thigh; it is possible that theoe nails are 2017.71.1-2 and that these fragments were found nearby. It is not currently known what type of object(s) these fragments belong to.
Event Date 11/1/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Two iron fragments, one flat and one rounded; rounded fragment is possibly part of a nail shank. Both fragments have considerably corroded surfaces.
Event Date 10/5/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal