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BROOCH

Unique ID: SUR-545C71

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch. The brooch is complete save for the pin and part of the catchplate, while the edges of the two originally rectangular plates are very eroded. On the reverse are the remains of an iron spring.

Class: Small-long

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: AD 550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 14 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 00/95

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ1449
Four figure Latitude: 51.228814
Four figure longitude: -0.368704
1:25K map: TQ1449
1:10K map: TQ14NW
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: SUR
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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