Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-3826E1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval cast copper alloy annular brooch. The brooch has six turrets containing white paste and one of these has a green glass inset. The turrets have two lines of punched circles between each of them. There are the remains of the pin in a hole in the frame. The workmanship is crude.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.55 g
Diameter: 24.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 9th March 2011
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: 11-539
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ1549
Four figure Latitude: 51.228613
Four figure longitude: -0.354389
1:25K map: TQ1549
1:10K map: TQ14NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: LIN-476F7F
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A medieval copper alloy annular brooch. The frame is circular in plan, and plano-convex in section. The upper surface of the frame is decorat…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: KENT2799
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Inset copper alloy ring brooch of 13th century with settings for six stones, and punched dot decoration around the circumference. Fragment of…
Workflow: Published
Find number: SOM-281252
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Medieval cast copper alloy annular brooch. The frame has a raised circle on the front with a flatter, slightly irregular rim around the outer…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618