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BROOCH
Unique ID: NCL-328534
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a cast copper-alloy annular brooch of the Early Medieval period, c. 500-700.
The fragment is approximately one quarter of a complete brooch, flat and rectangular in section. Both ends are broken and only somewhat abraded, suggesting breakage due to modern agricultrual practices.
There are four incised lines across the breadth of the brooch, and traces of a pair of incised lines in the area of a break, suggesting a fairly regular pattern of decoration.
Class: Annular
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 700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 8.69 mm
Thickness: 1.58 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 64 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2010 - Monday 31st May 2010
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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: Burneston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE3184
Four figure Latitude: 54.250748
Four figure longitude: -1.525724
1:25K map: SE3184
1:10K map: SE38SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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