LIN-45172C: Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy girdle hanger

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GIRDLE HANGER

Unique ID: LIN-45172C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of an Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy girdle hanger. The central shank is rectangular in plan, flat, and decorated with a perimeter of punched crescents. The terminal is 'U'-shaped, with a rectangular arm returning upwards at either side. These arms are decorated with an external perimeter of punched dots. The shank and both arms are incomplete. The reverse is undecorated.

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Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 33 mm
Thickness: 2 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Bardney (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF1170
Four figure Latitude: 53.21547402
Four figure longitude: -0.33916182
1:25K map: TF1170
1:10K map: TF17SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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