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Unique ID: BUC-6C19E3
Object type certainty: Certain
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Unusual early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch made from copper alloy. The bow and foot survive but the head is missing. The bow is decorated with two broad longitudinal grooves and three ridges. The foot has two projecting circular lobes on either side, the upper ones decorated with three large dots or blind-drilled holes and the lower ones decorated with a single similar dot. The centre of the footplate also has similar dots, possibly originally with rings around them to form ring-and-dot motifs; there are three, widely spaced in a line down the centre of the footplate. The foot then tapers to a fifth circular lobe, also decorated with a single dot. On the reverse of the foot, a little way down from the bow, are the remains of a catchplate set vertically.
Length 56.56 mm, width 26.72 mm, thickness: 2.73 mm. Weight 11.76 g. Date c. 450-550 AD.
Class: small long
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 550
Quantity: 1
Length: 56.56 mm
Width: 26.72 mm
Thickness: 2.73 mm
Weight: 11.76 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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