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NMS-6A5685: Early Saxon Footplate Terminal of Small-Long Brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-6A5685

Object type certainty: Certain
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The slightly bent, sub-triangular, footplate terminal of a small-long brooch (break not recent). The decoration consists of a line of double half-annulet stamps along both lateral edges and along the basal edge with a line of stamps made up of an annulet on a sub-triangular ladder-like motif. Length >21mm. Width 21.5mm. 6th century.

Class: small long

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 500
Date to: AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 21.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004 - Monday 1st January 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Wighton

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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