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BROOCH
Unique ID: FAKL-96A515
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Cast copper alloy annular brooch, flattened D-shaped cross-section, decorated with groups of radial lines separated by wider mouldings. Some signs of iron staining and perhaps a fragment of pin constriction survive. Incomplete; about 70% of ring is present. 7th century AD. Compare FAKL-E97F22.
Class: annular
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 600
Date to: Circa AD 700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 4.7 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Diameter: 41.2 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 394
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: North Kesteven
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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