BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-8896F7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval copper alloy annular brooch, 28mm in diameter and 2mm thick. The brooch is in good condition and weighs 2.70grams. The brooch is oval in section and is decorated on one surface with diagonally placed incised lines which terminate on each edge with triangular recesses, giving the impression of a three dimensional rope effect. The brooch has a rectangular recess with a circular sectioned pin bridging it. The pin is missing and the underside is plain.

Class: ANNULAR

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Quantity: 1

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Recorded by: Wendy Scott - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Wendy Scott - [view all attributed records]

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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]

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands
County: Nottinghamshire
District: Newark And Sherwood
Parish: Farnsfield

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK6356
Four figure Latitude: 53.097494 Four figure longitude: -1.060596
1:25K map: SK6356
1:10K map: SK65NW
WOEID: 26349689
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]

Adjacent Domesday Book places

Farnsfield

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