Accession No

1950.71 B.5


Description

A small piece of the foot of a copper alloy long brooch. Green patina present on surface.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1950.71 B.5; HG 9 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

13mm


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found inside 1950.71 A
Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1950.71 B.1-5: 'Relatively early cruciform brooch with detachable side-knobs. Iron spring and pin still in position. Disc part of an applied brooch and two bronze pins from applied brooches. The foot of a small long brooch (?).'
Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal


Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery
Event Date 1947
Author: Jazmin Hundal


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1951). ‘A Cemetery at Lackford, Suffolk: Report of the Excavation of a Cemetery of the Pagan Anglo-Saxon Period in 1947.' Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, 6.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (CMS Description)
?The foot of a small long brooch. Found inside 1950.71 A
Event Date 27/8/1987
Author: Jazmin Hundal


Description (Physical description)
A small piece of the foot of a copper alloy long brooch. Green patina present on surface.
Event Date 20/10/2020
Author: Jazmin Hundal


FM:288133

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