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BROOCH
Unique ID: NCL-C90E94
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from the head of an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch of 6th century date.
The fragment consists of a top or side 'knob' from the head of the brooch. It is sub-rectangular in plan and section, and is a flattened knob or a later more florid variety of cruciform brooch. The face of the knob bears a Style I mask with thick brows over raised pellet eyes. The nose is also raised, sub-triangular in plan, and there are raised pellets for cheeks, with a raised slight C-shaped triangular mouth. The reverse has a plate attached with a raised semi-circular portion in its middle. This would have provided the gap needed for an axis or similar fitting, which would have connected the knob to the headplate of the brooch. The breaks occur at the top of the mask and the bottom rather than the sides, suggesting this was an independent side or top knob rather than a secondary border that fitted around three sides of the head.
For further examples, see MacGregor and Bolock 1993, nos 12.35-12.39, p. 110.
Class: Cruciform
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Subperiod to: Early
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.46 mm
Width: 16.22 mm
Thickness: 4.96 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Thornton-le-Street (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4186
Four figure Latitude: 54.268021
Four figure longitude: -1.371984
1:25K map: SE4186
1:10K map: SE48NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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