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CHAIN
Unique ID: NMS-FDD8D1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Middle Saxon copper alloy link, cast in the form of a figure-of-eight with the central moulding giving the apparance of the ends of the loops being butted against an oblique bar. The terminals of both loops have much internal wear. Length 15.5mm. Width 7mm. See Boyle, Dodd and Mudd 1995, 216, 253, Grave 12, fig.97. c.650-700.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 650
Date to: Circa AD 700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.5 mm
Width: 7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th December 2012 - Monday 10th December 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 34131
Other reference: KLMD122012
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Oxborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7603
Four figure Latitude: 52.59629
Four figure longitude: 0.597097
1:25K map: TF7603
1:10K map: TF70SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyle, A., Dodd, A., Miles, D. and Mudd, A. | 1995 | Two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries: Berinsfield & Didcot | Oxford | Oxford Archaeological Unit | .216, 253, Grave 12, fig.97 |
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