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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF-EBC502

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A fragment of an incomplete copper-alloy cruciform early Anglo-Saxon brooch. Only the incomplete central panel of the head plate and the top knob of this brooch now survive. The head plate is rectangular in shape, flaring slightly towards its missing base, it measures 25.6mm in surviving length and 24mm in width. There are faint traces longitudinal boarders of crescent shaped indentations down either side of the head plate. The top knob (17mm in length and 11mm in width), is integral and complete. On the back face, which is flat the remains of the pin loop can be seen. This brooch is likely to have been deposited in an early Anglo-Saxon grave and was found in association with several other early Anglo-Saxon brooches and objects.

Class: cruciform

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 450
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40.4 mm
Width: 24 mm
Weight: 13.38 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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