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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-900CF4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of the footplate of an Early Saxon copper alloy Cruciform brooch, all edges broken, consisting of the central parts of the scrolled nostrils of an animal head and the upper part of the spatulate terminal. Extant dimensions 16.5 x 15mm. Åberg 1926, Group III or IV. c.500 - c.550.
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 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.5 mm
Width: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2013 - Monday 30th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 36232
Other reference: MH102013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Ludham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3918
Four figure Latitude: 52.70685759
Four figure longitude: 1.53643955
1:25K map: TG3918
1:10K map: TG31NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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