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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-869555
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Middle Saxon copper alloy bird brooch of Weetch type 30.B, the tail and most of the legs missing. The breast and body of the stylised "two-legged" bird are decorated with moulded grooves and there is a punched ring-and-dot on both the head and the cross. The latter two are joined leaving a round aperture between them. On the reverse there is the stump of a catchplate. Extant length and height 22 and 25mm. c.800 - c.850 (Pedersen 2001, 32-4, fig. 19-21).
Field 11
Sub class: Weetch type 30.B
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th April 2014 - Saturday 5th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 53044
Other reference: SC062014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Chedgrave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM3699
Four figure Latitude: 52.53768375
Four figure longitude: 1.47856348
1:25K map: TM3699
1:10K map: TM39NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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