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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-0E83C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Early Medieval copper alloy small long brooch fragment, 45.3mm long, 25mm wide and 10.6mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 10.28 grams. The object consists of a rectangular headplate which is decorated with a border of incised circles, 1mm in diameter. There are two triangular notches in the lower edge, one on each side of the bow. The bow is short, curved and has a flat triangular shaped terminal on each edge, the point of which joins the central ridge which runs its length. Below this the object is flat and rectangular in form with three raised horizontal lines running across it. just below this the brooch has snapped. The reverse of this section contains a small sub triangular catch plate and the head plate has two, originally, semi-circular lugs near its base.
Class: small long
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.3 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 10.6 mm
Weight: 10.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 3rd September 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: North West Leicestershire (District)
Parish or ward: Measham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK3412
Four figure Latitude: 52.704608
Four figure longitude: -1.49825
1:25K map: SK3412
1:10K map: SK31SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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