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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-E6A683
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy disc brooch, dating from the early part of the Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period.
Just over half of the disc remains, the rest having been lost in antiquity. At the middle of the flat upper surface, there is an incomplete punched ring-and-dot mark, with two concentric grooves around a central perforation. This central mark was originally surrounded by a ring of further such marks, three of which occupy the perimeter of the remaining portion of plate. The damaged hinge, located on the back of the brooch, approximately 5mm down from the top edge, consists of a single right-angled lug with circular perforation. The pin and catchplate are both missing.
Dimensions: 41.1mm diameter, 1.5mm thick. Weight: 8.96g.
Several similar brooches are held within the collections of the Ashmolean Museum (Macgregor and Bolick 1993: 63-67, cf. 4.43 from Brighthampton, Oxon). These brooches appear to be an insular Anglo-Saxon development, with the majority having been found south of a line connecting the Severn and the Wash, with a concentration in the Upper Thames valley, where they may have been produced. Most probably date from the period of the mid 5th to mid 6th century (ibid. 57).
Class: disc
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 450
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 8.96 g
Diameter: 41.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 12/54 - 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
To be known as: Fritwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacGregor, A. and Bolick, E. | 1993 | A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non-ferrous metals), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | Oxford | Tempvs Reparatum |
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