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NMGW-536DA0: Brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMGW-536DA0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Fragment from a gilt reversible annular open frame brooch of Late Medieval date, probably 15th or 16th century. The fragment is decorated on both faces. One face contained a legend with the letters G R surviving. The letters are contained within an incised border and separated by hatching. It is possible the legend may have read ‘AVEMARIAGRACIA’. The decoration on the other face is zoned, with one portion displaying a chevron design inside an incised border. The fragment does not have evidence for the pin bar or stops.

Class: Annular

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 23.5 mm
Width: 5.5 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 0.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

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Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Barry (Community)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST0367
Four figure Latitude: 51.393717
Four figure longitude: -3.395575
1:25K map: ST0367
1:10K map: ST06NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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