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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-158333
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Medieval or Post-Medieval brooch fragment. It may be part of an annular or penannular brooch, consisting of a curving part of the brooch, oval in section with a lozenge-shaped terminal. The terminal is flat, 3.45mm in thickness and decorated on one side with a series of parallel grooves and ridges, the outer rows having short transverse lines. The arm of the brooch measures 4.73mm in width adjacent to the terminal, and broadens to 5.86mm at the opposite, incomplete terminal. Overal it measures 41.81mm in length, the lozenge being 10.69mm in length and width, and weighs 5.54g.
Whilst a parallel has not been seen, there are similarities with a brooch from Medieval Norwich, which is annular with three applied lozenges of similar shape and size, and coming from a fifteenth century context.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.81 mm
Weight: 5.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2010
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Mickfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | fig.7, no.59 |
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