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BROOCH

Unique ID: WMID261

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Upper portion of a small-long brooch. The central part of this brooch is a square. Coming off three of the squares edges is a semi circle with 'U' shapes incised on it. The square has incised lines.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: small long

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
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 24.27 mm
Width: 30.59 mm
Thickness: 7.78 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 1998

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
To be known as: WARWICKSHIRE STRATFORD UPON AVON

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Evison, V.I. and Hill, P. 1996 Two Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries at Beckford, Hereford and Worcester York CBA Research Report 103 No. B16.3 Similar to this example.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: WMID
Created: 25 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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