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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-205B86
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Early Saxon copper alloy Cruciform brooch, side knobs missing. Integral top knob waisted but otherwise featureless, twisted very narrow headplate with damaged edges. The flattened D-sectioned bow widens slightly towards its mid-point before narrowing to the base. It has a rectangular panel forming facets at its top and base. The latter has a pair of transverse grooves above faceted edges. The footplate begins with a panel with faceted edges above twin transverse grooves and an elongated and largely featureless animal-head with pointed terminal and a thickening suggestive of the eyes. On the reverse the pin lug is partly obscured by corroded remains of the iron spring. The partly enclosed catchplate runs almost the full length of the footplate. Length (unbent) 70.5mm. Width of headplate 7.5mm. Weight 7.54g. Åberg 1926 Group I. c.450 - c.480.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 480
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70.5 mm
Width: 7.5 mm
Weight: 7.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th December 2014 - Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 19771
Other reference: AMD012015
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Little Melton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1506
Four figure Latitude: 52.60920437
Four figure longitude: 1.17398163
1:25K map: TG1506
1:10K map: TG10NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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