Record ID: SWYOR-4F0408 - EARLY MEDIEVAL brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: SWYOR-4F0408

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Early Medieval brooch; cruciform or small-long

A Fragment of cast copper alloy Early Medieval brooch, either a cruciform or a small-long type dating from the 5th or 6th century. Only part of the lower bow of the brooch survives. There is a tapering flat area beneath the bow, decorated with two transverse grooves. Beneath this is a D shaped sectioned area, also decorated with three transverse grooves, with another flat area below that before the break. Part of the catchplate survives behind the upper flat area. The breaks are completely patinated. The brooch has a grey green patina, with possibly traces of a white metal coating or high tin content. Compare number 15.15 in MacGregor and Bolick for example.

Class: cruciform or Small-long

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 400
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Length: 28.21 mm
Width: 9.81 mm
Thickness: 11.69 mm
Weight: 4.48 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: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
District: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Parish: Yapham

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE7751
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 10 metre square.

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

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Amy Downes - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Amy Downes - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1687

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