Record ID: LIN-7A5E34 - EARLY MEDIEVAL brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LIN-7A5E34

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch

An incomplete Anglo-Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century. The headplate is rectangular and divided into three smaller rectangular panels with the central one raised from the flanking panels. The left and right hand edge of the central panel is decorated with punched crescents. The top and bottom edges of the flanking panels are slope gently inwards. The side knops are half rounded, collared and cast integrally to the headplate. The bow is faceted, arched and broken at the base. A pin lug is located in the centre of the reverse and is surrounded by iron corrosion. The top part of the catchplate remains.

Class: Cruciform

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Length: 55 mm
Width: 47 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: South Kesteven
To be known as: Great Ponton

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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