SOMDOR1121: Medieval Hexagonal Annular Brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR1121

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy annular brooch. Hexagonal frame with constriction for pin (pin missing). On the front it is decorated at each of the corners - the frame is thickened and on two diagonally opposite corners are two circular recesses (for enamel or stones), at the others are small moulded zoomorphic heads. The back is flat and undecorated.

Notes:

PAL 1192

Class: ANNULAR
Sub class: hexagonal

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.81 mm
Width: 24.06 mm
Thickness: 3.31 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: DORSET PUDDLETOWN

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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