SF-7413B2: early medieval small long brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF-7413B2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy Early Medieval brooch. It is the central part of a small-long brooch which is incomplete, the head and foot being missing. The bow has a high dome and is faceted, with a central longitudinal groove. The flat panel below the dome is plain, and there are three lines of transverse moulding separating the panel from the top of the foot which is starting to splay. The brooch has broken off (not a fresh break) 8.30mm from the moulding. The catch plate is complete, running between the base of the bow and the top of the foot. The brooch is 44.19mm long and 15.26mm wide. It weighs 8.80g.
Brooches of this type date to the 5th-6th centuries. An example of a similar brooch is illustrated in West 1998, fig 15, no.3.

Class: small-long

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 400
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44.19 mm
Width: 15.26 mm
Weight: 8.8 g

Discovery dates

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

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Palgrave

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
West, S.E.	1998	Corpus of Anglo Saxon material from Suffolk		East Anglian Archaeology	fig.15, no.3

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

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