NMS-18B055: Early Early Medieval Small-Long Brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-18B055

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy Early Saxon small-long brooch, with the base of the bow and footplate missing (break not ancient), edges scuffed, some surface pitting but otherwise unabraded. There are triangular stamped impressions along the top and sides of the headplate. There are side notches and two transverse engraved lines on the rectangular panel forming facets at the top of the flattened D-sectioned bow, which is decorated with a median groove. Set in a perforation through the single pin lug on the reverse is a short length (7mm) of copper alloy square-sectioned (2mm) wire. Length >34mm. Width 20.5mm. Leeds 1945 cross pattée derivative group C. It dates from the end of the 5th-beginning of the 6th century.

Class: Small-long brooch, Leeds 1945 cross pattée derivative group C.

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 450
Date to: Circa AD 550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 20.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2010 - Sunday 31st October 2010

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 35284

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG2014
Four figure Latitude: 52.679006
Four figure longitude: 1.253029
1:25K map: TG2014
1:10K map: TG21SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Leeds, E.T.	1945	The distribution of the Angles and Saxons archaeologically considered	Oxford	Society of Antiquaries of London

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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