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KENT-00FE07: KENT-00FE07. Early Medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch (front).

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BROOCH

Unique ID: KENT-00FE07

Object type certainty: Certain
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Headplate and part of bow of a cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. The bow is convex, and comprises a sub-rectangular central section flanked by rectangular wings. A single fully-rounded knob projects from the top of the head. There is a single central perforated lug in the reverse for the attachment of the spring-pin mechanism, of which no trace survives. The bow, which is broken with a worn transverse break just over half way down its length, is 15.49mm wide. The bow has a triangular section, but with a rectangular thickening at the junction with the headplate, which was presumably repeated at the junction with the footplate.

Class: Cruciform
Sub class: Group I

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 500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42.27 mm
Width: 33.91 mm
Thickness: 9.3 mm
Weight: 16.41 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Ash (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TR2759
Four figure Latitude: 51.284879
Four figure longitude: 1.253892
1:25K map: TR2759
1:10K map: TR25NE
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

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Audit data

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

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