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BROOCH

Unique ID: SUR-777B82

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A early medieval cast copper alloy brooch in the form of a bird facing right. The brooch is poorly preserved and incomplete and has the remains of an iron spring. The eye is formed by a ring-and dot motif and there appears to be a second similar motif below the claws.

Class: bird

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
Date from: Circa AD 400
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29.27 mm
Width: 11.57 mm
Weight: 3.63 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 11-1578

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Epsom and Ewell (District)
Parish or ward: Ewell (District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ2362
Four figure Latitude: 51.343785
Four figure longitude: -0.235399
1:25K map: TQ2362
1:10K map: TQ26SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: 1995

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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