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BROOCH

Unique ID: NLM-C3AD08

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Button brooch. Surface of brooch stripped, some traces of patina on back. Spring fitting at 21 degrees to the angle of beast's back.

Diameter: 28mm, Thickness (maximum): 2.15mm

Notes:

Record card ref: 0142. Also labelled 1240 on red ink and 06 in pencil. The image presented here is scaled to the photographic print.

Class: Plate
Sub class: Weetch Type 1

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1000

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.15 mm
Diameter: 28 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM50322

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9216
Four figure Latitude: 53.63244975
Four figure longitude: -0.61018351
1:25K map: SE9216
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: About one year ago
Updated: About one year ago

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