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Unique ID: LIN-16CB00
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Incomplete Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy trefoil brooch of Maixner's type G 1.3, group B. The brooch has three arms (two missing) containing a stylised leaf or 'tree of life' ornament set within a double rope-like border. The central panel where the three arms meet is triangular. There is a perforated rectangular lug on reverse.
Cf. Rogerson (1995) Middle Harling, fig.34, no.2, decoration very similar although Harling example has ring-and-dot. Late 9th-early 10th century.
Notes:
Included in Kershaw 2010 as catalogue no. 365.
Class:
trefoil
Sub class: Maixner type G 1.3
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 950
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
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Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Rogerson, A. | 1995 | A Late Neolithic, Saxon and Medieval Site at Middle Harling, Norfolk | Norfolk Museums Service |