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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-F5E3B3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A middle Anglo-Saxon ansate brooch of Weetch's type X.Aii, complete except for the spring and pin. The brooch tapers either side from the centre, which is the widest part (8.5mm). Arranged symmetrically there are three transverse ridges, each of which is decorated with a series of grooves. A plain transverse ridge also occurs at each terminal.
The find has been treated with abrasives and now has coppery surfaces.
Notes:
Included in Weetch 2013 as catalogue no. 1234.
Class:
ansate
Sub class: Weetch type X.Aii
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 700
Date to: AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 8.5 mm
Weight: 6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Epsom and Ewell (District)
Parish or ward: Ewell (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2361
Four figure Latitude: 51.334797
Four figure longitude: -0.235744
1:25K map: TQ2361
1:10K map: TQ26SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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