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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-484A51
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper alloy Early Medieval cruciform brooch dating from the 5th or 6th century. It is 28.9mm long, 18.5mm wide and 6.1mm thick. It weighs 9.76gm. Only part of the foot of the brooch survives. It has a flat panel at the top, just part of which survives. Then there is a raised section decorated with transverse mouldings. Beneath this is the horse head terminal. It has protruding eyes but the rest is missing. The reverse of the foot is slightly hollow. There is the remains of a copper alloy catchplate. The brooch has a pitted grey patina and the breaks are patinated.
Class: cruciform
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
Date from: Circa AD 400
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.9 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Thickness: 6.1 mm
Weight: 9.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Monday 12th April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1098
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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: North Cave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8931
Four figure Latitude: 53.767752
Four figure longitude: -0.651235
1:25K map: SE8931
1:10K map: SE83SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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