BERK-85BEB2: Early-medieval brooch: Small long brooch fragment

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BROOCH

Unique ID: BERK-85BEB2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment of the foot of an Anglo-Saxon small long brooch. Only a section of the lower bow and the foot survives. The bow is strongly curved and the outer face is decorated with a large longitudinal ridge down the centre with two small ribs on the outside edge of the brooch. The foot of the brooch is triangular and decorated with a single spiral. To the reverse is the remains of a catch-plate. It is of early 5th to 6th century date (Macgregor and Bolick 1993, 125).

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 410
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.7 mm
Width: 11.9 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 2.2 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 2013.956

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Letcombe Bassett (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU3785
Four figure Latitude: 51.56267062
Four figure longitude: -1.46763251
1:25K map: SU3785
1:10K map: SU38NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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