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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUSS-BDF855
Object type certainty: Certain
A head and bow fragment of an Early Medieval copper alloy small-long brooch. The head of the brooch is 1.7mm thick and sub-square in plan. The 6mm wide shallow bow extends for approximately 8mm from one side of the head before terminating in an old break. The bow has a flat underside with an angular "D" shaped cross-section forming a central raised ridge down the long axis of it's curved surface. The upper side of the head is decorated with two rows of three, and one of two (at the bow side), ring and dot motifs. On the reverse of the head, and perpendicular to it, there is a sub-hemisherical tab. The tab is 6mm long, 8mm wide and 2.7mm thick and has a small pierced circular hole towards its curved end that would have accommodated the pin. Similar brooches are shown in Hattatt: A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches ( 2007) p376/377 which are dated to the 6th century.
Class: small-long brooch
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: 20 mm
Width: 14.6 mm
Weight: 2.97 g
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: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: West Sussex
District: Arun
To be known as: Near Goring
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th October 2011
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Recorded by: Mr Garry CRACE
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Identified by: Mr Garry CRACE - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Friday 3rd February 2012
Updated: Wednesday 8th February 2012
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