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TOGGLE

Unique ID: NLM-EADE01

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Gilt copper alloy toggle the two ends of which are decorated with three dimensional animals’ heads. These are obscured by corrosion but the best preserved of them shows a large eye formed by two raised rings surrounding a central pellet. In front of the animal’s jaws are represented by a raised ‘hair-grip’ like line which is cut by a ‘U’ shaped line. Above the jaws is a single pellet. The animal’s head on the other end of the toggle is impossible to interpret but it clearly different in design to its counterpart and involves both double and triple strand lines. Between the two animals’ heads is a narrow bar with a ‘D’ shaped section. This is separated from each of the heads by plates around the edges of which run narrow grooves. The plates are extended below the animals’ heads by a flat bar which defines an opening. The length is 39.6mm, the maximum width is 14.5mm, the thickness is 5.7mm and the weight is 7.02g.

It has not proved possible to find parallels for this object but it is clearly Early Anglo-Saxon and can, on stylistic grounds, be dated to the sixth or seventh century.

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 500
Date to: Circa AD 700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 39.6 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 7.02 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM09195

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

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

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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