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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-4F0408
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Fragment of cast copper alloy Early Medieval brooch, either a cruciform or a small-long type dating from the 5th or 6th century. Only part of the lower bow of the brooch survives. There is a tapering flat area beneath the bow, decorated with two transverse grooves. Beneath this is a D shaped sectioned area, also decorated with three transverse grooves, with another flat area below that before the break. Part of the catchplate survives behind the upper flat area. The breaks are completely patinated. The brooch has a grey green patina, with possibly traces of a white metal coating or high tin content. Compare number 15.15 in MacGregor and Bolick for example.
Class: cruciform or Small-long
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 400
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.21 mm
Width: 9.81 mm
Thickness: 11.69 mm
Weight: 4.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th November 2010 - Monday 14th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1687
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Yapham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7751
Four figure Latitude: 53.949381
Four figure longitude: -0.828236
1:25K map: SE7751
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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