LIN-20E0B4: Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy Cruciform brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LIN-20E0B4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper-alloy small-long brooch dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period. The headplate is flat, square and has a small rectangular wing to either side and above.The wings are decorated with two pair of incised lines, one at the perimeter and one defining the inner edge of the wing from the headplate. The bow is arched,triangular in cross-section and faceted at either end. The foot is missing. There is a single integral loop on the reverse of the headplate. The pin is missing.

Class: small long

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 16 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Keelby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TA1709
Four figure Latitude: 53.564578
Four figure longitude: -0.234915
1:25K map: TA1709
1:10K map: TA10NE
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
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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