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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF-4A3262

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Very corroded and fragmentary piece of a small-long brooch, possibly of the trefoil or cruciform type. A shapeless central portion of the headplate survives, with extensions beginning to develop (i.e. mostly worn or corroded away) at either side. Where the bow joins the headplate, there is a small area where the edges of the headplate are preserved, and these rise 3mm from the bow junction before turning outwards abruptly to accommodate the 'wings' of the headplate. The height of the headplate from this junction to the surviving top (not an original edge, but a corroded surface) is 16mm. The bow narrows from 10mm at its junction with the headplate to 7mm at the apex of its arch, and forms a very slight arch bridging 12.5mm. Its lowest part is, however, broken away with the foot and lacking.The thickness of the bow at its apex is 4mm. This appears, therefore, to be a fairly early example of a trefoil-headed small-long brooch, but it is too fragmentary for any more diagnostic remark.

Class: small long

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Date from: Circa AD 475
Date to: Circa AD 575

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29.5 mm
Width: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 7.36 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2004

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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: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Pettistree

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Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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