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BROOCH

Unique ID: WILT-AFA575

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete medieval cast copper alloy elaborate quatrefoil brooch, missing its pin. The brooch is a quatrefoil with rounded knops in the recesses, with an open centre. On one of the arches there is a constriction for the pin. The brooch is down in a rough grey-green corrosion, with an underlying dark green patina. The brooch has also been bent in half. The brooch measures 30.8mm x 27.5mm x 2mm, and weighs 3.73g. Griffiths et al. (2007, 145; no. 1735) date a plainer example to the 13th-14th century.

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.8 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 3.73 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th July 2008

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: West Lavington CP

Spatial coordinates

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

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G.	2007	Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast	Oxford	Oxford University School of Archaeology	145	1735

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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