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BROOCH
Unique ID: LIN-D481A6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An almost complete Anglo-Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch. The brooch has a rectangular headplate comprising a flat square central panel with a rectangular wing to either side. The wings are stepping backwards from the central panel and are decorated with a pair of vertically incised lines. The top and bottom edge of each wing contains a small V-shaped notch. A small knop sits on the top of the headplate. The bow is arched, faceted and is concave on the reverse. There is a ribbed and faceted panel below the bow, leading into a zoomorphic terminal. The head has two large pellet-eyes and a shovel-shaped snout.
Notes:
Included in Martin 2015 as catalogue no. 256.
Class:
Cruciform
Sub class: Martin type 2.1.2
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 475
Date to: Circa AD 500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 88 mm
Diameter: 23 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Heckington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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