Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service
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Unique ID: SF-E49135
Object type certainty: Certain
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Lead brooch of 'hub-cap' type (Weetch type 17), of late Early-Medieval date, probably 10th or 11th century. It is circular, 26.7mm in diameter and 1.25mm thick, with a central circular hole (7.65mm in diameter) surrounded by a raised edge. It weighs 10.08g. There are four evenly spaced raised hollow-backed bosses or domes, 4.44mm in diameter, around the edges, each pushed up from the back of the brooch. There is a small sub-circular hole through the lead between two of the domes. There is a lead loop catchplate on the back of the brooch, and remains of an attachment point for a pin.
Notes:
Included in Weetch 2013 as catalogue no. 604.
Class:
hub cap
Sub class: Weetch type 17
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.25 mm
Weight: 10.08 g
Diameter: 26.7 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th April 2007
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Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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