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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-E37553
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy openwork cross brooch dating to the 9th century AD, of Weetch's type 15.B. Less than half the brooch survives. It consists of a ring-shaped semi-circle, 3.85mm wide and with a reconstructable diameter of 26.5mm, with an openwork pattern of one complete quadrant-shaped hole, and parts of two more. Originally the disc would have had four such holes which formed a cross shape, the arms of which widen from the centre to the outside ring. On the reverse there is an integral pin lug, a square lug with a large perforation.
A similar brooch from Ixworth, discovered by the same finder has been recorded, see SF-F634E3. That example has incised line decoration outlining the holes, unlike the brooch recorded above which is plain. See other, perhaps closer, parallels at SF-E11DD4, NMS-131EE7 and NMS-E23130. These brooches are all in a mid to late Anglo-Saxon tradition, and their dates are likely to centre on the 9th century AD.
Notes:
Included in Weetch 2013 as catalogue no. 569.
Class:
openwork cross
Sub class: Weetch type 15.B
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.39 g
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st December 2005
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: finder's ID 4
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Ixworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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