LIN-64C506: Copper alloy cruciform brooch headplate

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LIN-64C506

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of a copper alloy cruciform or small long brooch. Only the headplate survives which is rectangular and has slender rectangular side wings. The face of the headplate is very worn and corroded and consequently any decoration is obscured. There is a lug on the reverse covered in iron corrosion.

Class: Cruciform

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 450
Date to: Circa AD 599

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 11 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: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: North Kesteven

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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