Rights Holder: Lincolnshire County Council
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Unique ID: LIN-4A3A98
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation
A probable fragment of a copper alloy Anglo-Scandinavian disc brooch. The brooch has an openwork design, possibly zoomorphic, and retains a stub of the original fastening. Most of the brooch, along with the hinge and pin fastening, have broken away and been lost. A complete example can be seen on this database (SWYOR-114BB0), though our brooch fragment lacks the fine moulded surface detail which has probably been lost as a result of surface corrosion.
Class: Disc
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 950
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.1 mm
Width: 15.8 mm
Weight: 3.07 g
This object was found at Central Searchers, Alford, Lincs
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Other reference: 539
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: TF4476
Four figure Latitude: 53.261461
Four figure longitude: 0.157404
1:25K map: TF4476
1:10K map: TF47NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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