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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-D439A3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of late early-medieval copper alloy trefoil brooch, one arm only without pin lug or catchplate on the reverse. The front is decorated with a stylised plant motif within a frame. None of the central part with its triangular field is present. Maixner 2005, 33, Taf. 35, Typ G1.3 Gruppe 1a. c.870 - c.950. More than 16mm x more than 13mm. Thickness 1.5mm.

Class: trefoil
Sub class: Maixner type G 1.3

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
Date from: Circa AD 870
Date to: Circa AD 950

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012 - Wednesday 31st October 2012

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 51103
Other reference: ET122012

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Shropham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL9892
Four figure Latitude: 52.489967
Four figure longitude: 0.914926
1:25K map: TL9892
1:10K map: TL99SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Maixner, B.	2005	Die gegossenen kleeblattformigen Fibeln der Wikingerzeit aus Skandinavien	Bonn	In Kommission bei R. Habelt	33	Taf. 35

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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