SUR-FDF3A2: Early medieval: Great square-headed brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: SUR-FDF3A2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A gilded early Saxon brooch, probably of Great Square-Headed form. Only part of the bow survives. This fragment displays rebated edges to either side of a prominent ridge.

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Class: great square headed

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 400
Date to: Circa AD 550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Width: 14.77 mm
Weight: 6.65 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st February 2008

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 08.522

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Cambridge (District)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL4857
Four figure Latitude: 52.191383
Four figure longitude: 0.163737
1:25K map: TL4857
1:10K map: TL45NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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