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NLM750: Brooch Fragment. 750

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NLM750

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Fragment of a square headed brooch, cast, quite rough. Unfinished look. Decorative scheme very woolley, hacked up.

Notes:

Checked by MF following Sophie Catley. Dating completed [unamended]; ascribed culture added: 'Anglo-Saxon'; drawing ref. added.

Class: Square headed brooch

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: AD 410
Date to: AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 36.1 mm
Width: 25.3 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 14.08 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd April 1998

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLPS877 nlm00877

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: NORTH KESTEVEN

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 25 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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