LIN-310B50: Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy Cruciform brooch knob

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LIN-310B50

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper-alloy knop from the headplate of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. The knop is full rounded, having a globular head with two reels below it. A small tab of metal extends from the base; the interior of the head is hollow and contains the remains of an iron pin.

Class: Cruciform

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 13 mm
Diameter: 7 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
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: 14 years ago

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