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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-65BE03
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy middle Anglo-Saxon ansate brooch of Weetch type II.Aiii. This brooch is complete and has an arched bow and two oval terminals. It measures 38.2mm in length, each terminal is c. 10.4mm in width, and the bow is 3.8mm in width. The front of the terminals are decorated with cross-hatched grooves. On the back face one terminal has a catchplate projecting from its centre and the other has a single pin lug, no trace of the pin survives.
Although ansate brooches can be earlier on the continent, in England they date from the 8th to 10th centuries.
Notes:
Included in Weetch 2013 as catalogue no. 1123.
Class:
ansate
Sub class: Weetch type II.Aiii
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.2 mm
Width: 10.4 mm
Weight: 4.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2005
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