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BROOCH
Unique ID: KENT-8EC241
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo Saxon brooch. This is a cruciform brooch, of which only the head and part of the bow remain. The head is sub cruciform in shape, with notched corners. There is the remains of a lug on the back, and some corroded iron. The head is decorated with simple engraved lines around the edges. the bow is curved, and has a D-shaped cross section. There is a linear groove vertical down the center of the bow. Apart from being incomplete, it is in good condition. Brooches of this type usually date to the 6th century in Kent. A similar brooch can be seen KENT-B10BC5.
Hattatt 2000 p376 no 674
33.44mm x 20.70mm 10.71g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 400
Date to: Circa AD 500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 33.44 mm
Width: 20.7 mm
Thickness: 2.14 mm
Weight: 10.71 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dartford (District)
Parish or ward: Darenth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5670
Four figure Latitude: 51.407573
Four figure longitude: 0.241564
1:25K map: TQ5670
1:10K map: TQ57SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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