Record ID: KENT2348 - EARLY MEDIEVAL brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: KENT2348

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of KENT2348: Early Medieval Disc Brooch

Anglo-Saxon disc brooch. This cast copper alloy brooch is approximately 20mm in diameter and has a highly corroded surface. It dates from the mid 5th to the mid 6th century. The rim is slightly damaged, but other than this the brooch is complete. The brooch is decorated with a large ring and dot design (comprised of 3 rings)in the centre, and the border is punched with pellet-in-arc motifs with three large incised concentric circles bordering the inside of the pellet-in-arc rim.

Notes:

The original record states that this brooch is complete. However, the reverse of the brooch is not shown in the photograph, and the original record did not specifically express the condition of the pin, hinge and catchplate. The colour and patina of the brooch are also unknown as the artefact has been described from a black and white photograph.

Class: Disc

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: AD 550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration style: Geometric [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Canterbury
Parish: Littlebourne

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TR2057
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 7th January 2000

Personal details

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Recorded by: Michael Lewis - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Barry Ager - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Laura McLean - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: KASBP 24

References cited

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