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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF3874

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper-alloy brooch, probably of small-long type, with both the head and foot plate incomplete. In fact it is hard to tell which is the head or foot; both plates have a longitudinal ridge on the reverse, one of which is shorter and has a very slight dip in the centre, perhaps the remains of a perforation. This end therefore has a greater claim to being the headplate! All edges appear to be broken leaving a sub-oval shape 19.5 mm long and 16 mm wide. Corrosion makes any decoration invisible. The bow is chunky and sharply humped with a facet to either side and a triangular facet to either end - almost pyramidal, but on a rectangular base. The ?foot-plate again has edges which all appear broken, but retains a sub-rectangular shape with rounded corners 19 mm wide and 16 mm long. Again no decoration is visible, but there is a lump to one side which appears to be fused to the foot-plate. Is this the result of burning? All the breaks appear very old. Overall length 45 mm. An unusual brooch, perhaps fifth century.

Class: small long

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Date from: AD 410
Date to: AD 550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 19 mm
Weight: 15.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th October 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK BLAXHALL

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: rally organised by Ken Willcox, ECS
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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