DUR-2AAA65: DUR-2AAA65 : Cruciform Brooch : Early-Medieval

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BROOCH

Unique ID: DUR-2AAA65

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy cruciform brooch of Early-Medieval date (AD 450-600). The retained portion of the brooch is a spatulate zoomorphic stylized horse's head terminal. The terminal comprises small raised knops to represent the eyes of the beast from which the snout expands into flaring nostrils which as inverted comma shaped with circular bases. Extending out from between and either side of the nostrils is the projecting spatulate terminal with broken and worn edges. The reverse in undecorated and retains at its upper end a small linear projection which would have formed the catchplate.

The metal is a mid-brown in colour with a pitted green patina.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 54.51 mm
Width: 25.95 mm
Weight: 12.2 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Stillington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE5667
Four figure Latitude: 54.0958609
Four figure longitude: -1.1452251
1:25K map: SE5667
1:10K map: SE56NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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Recording Institution: DUR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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