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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-85BA0D
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, possibly a fragment from a long brooch of Anglo-Saxon date. Only a small fragment of the object survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It is crescent-shaped in form and oval in section, terminating at both ends and perhaps the inner(?) edge due to old breaks. The back face is flat but the front face has moulded and gilded decoration. This comprises a raised rib running around the outer(?) edge of the fragment, with another possibly slight ridge running around the inner edge. The front face between these ridges has a double band of punched annulets with a possible larger single annulet at the centre. All areas of the front face, as well as part of the outer edge, have traces of a thickly applied gilding. This fragment measures 28.42mm in length, 8.60mm in width, 2.51mm in thickness and 2.52g in weight.
The precise form of this object remains uncertain. Its decorative elements suggest it probably belonged to a long brooch of Anglo-Saxon date, most plausibly from the foot(?) of a Great Square-headed or similar brooch. It is likely to be of Anglo-Saxon date, perhaps late-5th to 6th centuries AD.
Class: Long brooch
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.42 mm
Width: 8.6 mm
Thickness: 2.51 mm
Weight: 2.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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