Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-09ACD3
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. The brooch frame is hexagonal and has six forward projecting conical collets. The frame is shaped to the collets. The collets are equally spaced and integral. The settings are empty but still contain a white paste (possibly calcium carbonate) which would have held a stone in place. A pin constriction survives between two of the collets but the pin is missing. The metal is a mid greenish-grey colour, suggesting a white metal coating. A similar brooch can be seen in Egan & Pritchard, p249, Fig: 160. Compare also
YORYM-1924C6, NMS-566B13 and LIN-B66042.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.62 mm
Weight: 3.07 g
Diameter: 21.25 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Other reference: PAS Form Number 1813
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gem
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
4 Figure: SE4803
Four figure Latitude: 53.521486
Four figure longitude: -1.277493
1:25K map: SE4803
1:10K map: SE40SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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