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)

Description (Physical description)
Record for Z 16134(.1-2): [Two] small long brooches, one broken.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Found in 1875 [according to Patricia Hilton (1961)]
Event Date 1875
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 (Unpublished PhD thesis).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. A41
Event Date 1961
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 Hines, John. (1998). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire. CBA Research Report 112. York: Council for British Archaeology. p. 95
Event Date 1998
Author: Louise Puckett

Description (Physical description)
Small long brooch, broken.
Event Date 28/4/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
When Z 16134[.1-2] were entered into the Accession Register, they were listed as being from Grave 2 of Edix Hill, and illustrated by Wilkinson on Plate XXXII in Collectanea Antiqua. This was subsequently recorded on the database and in Mortimer and Stoney's (1996) publication. However, neither Z 16134.1 or Z 16134.2 match the illustration in Wilkinson, which was also noted by Malim and Hines (1998). It has subsequently been established that Z 16130 B (and possibly Z 16130 A, see record for discussion) is from Grave 2. It is possible that the provenance for Z 16130 and Z 16134 was switched in the Accession Register. Therefore the decision has been taken to remove references to Grave 2, Edix Hill and the Source from this record; it is not currently known whether this brooch comes from Barrington A or B, or neither.
Event Date 8/11/2021
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Rectangular headplate, top corner missing, with punchmarks along the outer edges, two circular perforations in the top corners and two circular notches cut out from the bottom edge. Arched bow with rectangular section areas at the top and bottom. Rectangular lappets with punchmarks, faded. Broken at the top of the bow. Pin bar lug intact, catchplate damaged. Pin missing.
Event Date 28/4/2021
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Amendments / updates)
Patricia Hilton notes that this brooch was 'f[ound] 1875', was part of the Conybeare collection, and assigns it to Edix Hill (Barrington A); the source of this information is unknown or is no longer extant. Hooper's Field (Barrington B) was likely discovered in 1879 and Walter K. Foster began excavating on 20 April 1880, and it has generally been assumed that material with collection dates prior to this will come from Edix Hill (see Cyril Fox (1923), p. 251 for more). It is worth noting that she assigns Z 16134.1 to the Trinity College collection; it is possible that Z 16134.1 and Z 16134.2 have different sources and were only retrospectively accessioned together because of a similarity of form. Although Hilton was occasionally mistaken regarding the Source, the date of 1875 certainly tallies with other Conybeare objects. Therefore, Conybeare has been added to the Source field; the Place field has been updated to Edix Hill.
Event Date 8/2/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)