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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM986
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment from the foot of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch.
Notes:
Checked by MF 7/2/17 following Sophie Catley. Image ref. added. Ascribed culture - Anglo-Saxon - added.
Class: Cruciform
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: AD 500
Date to: AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.6 mm
Width: 9.4 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 4.26 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 17th August 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM1118
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
To be known as: SOUTH KESTEVEN
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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