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SWORD

Unique ID: YORYMB136

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

very convex, uniface openwork piece with elaborate , stylised zoomorphic design, catched extinct, detail of design obscurred by corrosion product

Class: decorative mount from sword guard

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 550
Date to: AD 800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.4 mm
Width: 20.9 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd October 1999

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic

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Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Tickhill (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK6292
Four figure Latitude: 53.421164
Four figure longitude: -1.068526
1:25K map: SK6292
1:10K map: SK69SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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