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Cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon ansate brooch. There is transverse linear decoration on each arm, and traces of the iron hinge survive on the reverse, along with an integral catchplate.
Weetch allocated this brooch to her Type X.Ai, which she dates to the 8th or 9th centuries.
Notes:
Included in Weetch 2013 as catalogue no. 1209.
Class:
ansate
Sub class: Weetch type X.Ai
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 900
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 4 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002
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Other reference: KASBP 157
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Decoration style: Linear
4 Figure: TR2765
Four figure Latitude: 51.33874193
Four figure longitude: 1.25770776
1:25K map: TR2765
1:10K map: TR26NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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