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Unique ID: HAMP-2BABC7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper-alloy equal-armed brooch of early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (5th/6th century AD), incomplete only in that it is missing its pin. The flat arms are both triangular with rounded knops at each corner. One, at 18.55mm, is slightly longer than the other, at 16.05mm. The faceted bow that joins the arms curves in a shallowly raised arc. The diagonal sides of the arms are decorated on their upper surface with punched annulets. The lower surface is plain, and features a sub-trapezoidal catch-plate on one arm adjacent to the bow, and a broken D-shaped pin lug on the other, again adjacent to the bow. Traces of orange corrosion product near the pin lug suggest that the pin, or at least, the axis bar was made of iron. The metal is now a brown colour, covered in patches of various green corrosion product. The brooch has a total maximum height of 9.0mm.
See examples from graves at Blacknall Field 26 (Ager in Annable and Eagles 2010, 27-28) and from Frilford, now in the British Museum (1867,0204.8).
Class: long equal arm
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
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.8 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 4.45 g
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 7th March 2009
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Other reference: E2608
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SU5285
Four figure Latitude: 51.56149009
Four figure longitude: -1.25125959
1:25K map: SU5285
1:10K map: SU58NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Annable, F.K. and Eagles, B. | 2010 | The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Blacknall Field, Pewsey, Wiltshire | Devizes | Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society |