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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF-929861

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A complete copper-alloy annular early Anglo-Saxon brooch frame, now in two halves due to an old break, both of these halves survive, fit together and will be recorded together. This circular annular brooch is c54.81mm in external diameter, c35.15mm in internal diameter, and the width of the frame is c10.17mm. The pin hole can be seen, it is oval in shape, measuring 5.10mm by 3.18mm in size, within it there is corroded iron, probably the remains of the now missing iron pin. There are traces of corroded iron directly opposite the pin hole, which must have been where the missing pin used to rest. The front face of this brooch frame is decorated with two rows of small circular indentaions, one row near to the inner edge of the frame and one near to the outer edge. The back face is not decorated. Patches of powdery green active corrosion can be seen on both faces. A very similar annular brooch, of the same size and with indented circular decoration, has been found at Icklingham, Suffolk (West 1998, 169, fig 52, no 2).

Class: annular

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 54.81 mm
Weight: 16.09 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd November 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Blaxhall

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
West, S.E.	1998	A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon material from Suffolk	Ipswich	Suffolk County Council	p169, fig 52, no 2

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Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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