Record ID: LIN-9143E0 - EARLY MEDIEVAL brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LIN-9143E0

Object type certainty: Probably

A resized image of Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch fragment

Fragment of copper alloy with a sheet of silver plate adhered to the top, probably a wing from an Anglo-Saxon brooch. The fragment is flat and now sub-rectangular in plan with only one original edge remaining. The silver is undecorated. The reverse is undecorated.

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: 24 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 2 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]
Surface Treatment: Silvered [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: South Kesteven
Parish: Folkingham

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF0934
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2010

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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