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NMS-6A8262: Early Saxon Equal-Armed Brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-6A8262

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Less than half of an Anglian equal-armed brooch (break quite recent). Comprising a fragment of D-sectioned bow and a triangular plate with basal corners and missing edge. Decorated with a line of dot and half-annulet stamps down both lateral edges. With an incomplete catchplate on the reverse. Length >19mm. Width >20mm. 'Anglian' equal-arm brooches are a narrower version of a well-known late 5th - early 6th century type (Hines 1984, 253-9; Hills EAA 21 (1984), fig. 101 nos. 1 and 2; Macgregor and Bolick 1993 nos.18.2 and 3).

Class: Anglian equal arm

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 450
Date to: AD 550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Width: 20 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: Incomplete

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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