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Unique ID: LIN-7E9045
Object type certainty: Possibly
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Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, lead. Incomplete lead object which may have formed part of lead cruciform brooch. The object is flat and in the form of a face with scroll-like hair or moustache, depending on which way round the face is viewed. The eyes are large pellets, beneath which is a triangular shaped snout or forehead. The edges of the object is very worn and so it is hard to determine where it is broken. Its back is plain and there are no obvious signs of attachment. The fragment looks similar to the animal-headed foots seen on Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooches.
Notes:
Dr Kevin Leahy comments: We ae seeing increasing number of lead fragments which seem to have been parts of cruciform brooches. As yet none have been found in a grave although some have come from ploughed cemeteries.
Class: Cruciform
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 480
Date to: Circa AD 540
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th September 2006
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Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: TF0171
Four figure Latitude: 53.226452
Four figure longitude: -0.488542
1:25K map: TF0171
1:10K map: TF07SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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