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BROOCH
Unique ID: FAKL-FE8FC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Early Medieval small long brooch fragment made from cast copper alloy. Only the foot survives, with a flat flared terminal separated from the rest of the foot by five, irregular transverse lines. Above the terminal are two lateral projections or lappets. The catch-plate survives on the reverse of the lappets, and does not extend to the area behind the five transverse lines. Length 29.6mm, Width 13.3mm, Thickness 1.8mm, Mass 3.69g
Class: Small long
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
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 400
Date to: Circa AD 520
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.6 mm
Width: 13.3 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 3.69 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1992
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Image 582, Finder's No. 274
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Skirpenbeck (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7256
Four figure Latitude: 53.99502997
Four figure longitude: -0.90322639
1:25K map: SE7256
1:10K map: SE75NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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