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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-612074
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy Viking bird brooch or zoomorphic plate brooch of Weetch's type 30.C. Cast openwork plate representing a bird in profile looking left, with a prominent curved bill at one end - more resembling that of a Dodo than a raptor - and with a down-curved tail at the other end. Long, prominently grooved vertical elements towards the lower front of the plate may represent claws, a nest or bough on which the bird perches, or possibly its prey. The surface is decorated with four lines of small punched dots representing tail feathers, and paired lines of punched dots which follow the breast round to the lower body. A pair of integrally cast loops on the back, one open and one closed, represent provision for fastening. Ferrous staining here may indicate the decay or loss of an iron pin hinged on the closed loop with its point hooking under the open loop. Suggested date: late Early-Medieval, 850-1100.
Length: 31.7mm, Height: 28.7mm, Thickness (clear of loops): 3.3mm, Weight: 9.24g.
Class:
bird
Sub class: Weetch type 30.C
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.7 mm
Height: 28.7 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 9.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM21486a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Crowle and Ealand (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7813
Four figure Latitude: 53.60776085
Four figure longitude: -0.82259848
1:25K map: SE7813
1:10K map: SE71SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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