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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-8EB3A8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Anglo-Saxon copper alloy great square head brooch fragment. The object consists of most of the head-plate and its decoration consists of a border of 3 raised parallel lines surrounding a central open rectangle which is surrounded by a series of raised curving lines. The reverse has two centrally placed rectangular lug scars which would have held the pin.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 18.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th July 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Rutland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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