Record ID: LIN-956FE6 - EARLY MEDIEVAL brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LIN-956FE6

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Anglo-Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch

An Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform or small long brooch. The headplate is square with three rectangular wings. The complete wing terminal is decorated with two incised lines. The bow is faceted and incomplete. Two lugs are located on the reverse of the headplate.

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: 34 mm
Width: 28 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: East Lindsey
To be known as: Mareham on the Hill

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

Personal details

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

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