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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM5282
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead cast circular Anglo-Saxon brooch. Parts of iron pin preserved. Decorated with concentric rings of dots.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. added.
Included in Weetch 2013 as catalogue no. 399.
Sub class: Weetch type 5
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Exactly AD 900
Date to: AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 21.75 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM2436
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: CAMBRIDGESHIRE DUXFORD
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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