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BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-EA7AA1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy anglo-Saxon object, 14mm x 14mm and 1.5mm thick. It has several sides, including two possible right angles. It has two lines of hatched decoration running parallel along its surface, which appears to carry on. This may be part of a girdle hanger or part of a swastica brooch.

Class: swastica?

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 410
Date to: AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 8th April 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Rugby (District)
Parish or ward: Monks Kirby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP4782
Four figure Latitude: 52.433964
Four figure longitude: -1.310111
1:25K map: SP4782
1:10K map: SP48SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

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

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