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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-D855A4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Viking age disc brooch with Borre-style decoration, measuring 29.72mm in diameter this brooch is decorated with a relief pattern with a raised central lozenge with a sunken circle in the middle. The corners of the lozenge are expanded to form double stranded interlace in the form of loose knots, each double strand ending with a rounded terminal. On the reverse there is a transverse pin bar lug with the corroded iron remains of a pin and a complete catchplate. This is most likely to be a 10th century English variant of a Scandinavian brooch type, it is a fusion of interlace style ultimately derived from Scandinavia combined with the Anglo-Saxon flat disc brooch shape. Similar examples are known from elsewhere in Suffolk from Freckenham (see SF-5708), Glemsford (see SF-9203) and Little Wilbraham, cAMBS, (SF-B20403).
Class: East Anglian series
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 12.29 g
Diameter: 29.72 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2009
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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