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BROOCH
Unique ID: NCL-519C97
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Fowler type G penannular brooch dating to the Early Medieval period, c. 500-600.
The brooch is incomplete, with approximately 50% of the frame remaining. The frame is sub-circular in section and decorated on the obverse and reverse with moulded ribbed decoration. The terminal is sub-rectangular in plan and consists of a flat, central lozenge with triangular corners bevelled down. In section, the terminal is sub-rectangular.
The decoration of the terminal marks it as a Fowler type G (Dickinson form G1), though it is relatively thin and less 'chunky' compared to other examples of the same type.
Notes:
Penannular brooches of this date are associated with a 'British' tradition, but this object was found in a field with a number of early Anglo-Saxon objects, and should probably be seen as coming from a disturbed furnished burial.
Class:
Penannular
Sub class: Fowler type G
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 7.09 mm
Thickness: 3.81 mm
Weight: 3.7 g
Diameter: 28.86 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th May 2013 - Sunday 2nd June 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Stockton-on-Tees (Unitary Authority)
District: Stockton-on-Tees (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stillington and Whitton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ3823
Four figure Latitude: 54.600753
Four figure longitude: -1.413314
1:25K map: NZ3823
1:10K map: NZ32SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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