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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL-112A12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete brooch dating to the early-Medieval period. It is the head and part of the bow of a small long brooch, the rest missing due to old breaks. The head is incomplete, but is flat and cross shaped. The bow is arched and faceted and appears rectangular in section. The lower bow and foot are missing. On the reverse of the headplate is a lump of iron corrosion, the remains of the pin.
The object has not been seen by the recorder and the identification is from the photograph.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd November 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Skirpenbeck
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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