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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-463627
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Middle-Late Saxon copper alloy disc brooch, worn and slightly bent, of the backward-looking animal type. There is a small irregular hole between the head and tail, a pelleted border, and the catch-plate and broken lug for the pin survive on the reverse. It may be compared with West (1998), fig. 46.2 and perhaps dates from as early as the 9th century, although there is also an example from a tenth-century context at Coppergate, York.
Notes:
Included in Weetch 2013 as catalogue no. 15.
Class:
back turned animal
Sub class: Weetch type 1.A
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st December 2000 - Wednesday 31st January 2001
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 9332
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Colney
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West, S.E. | 1998 | A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon material from Suffolk | Ipswich | Suffolk County Council | fig. 46.2 |
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