NMS-94846D: Fragment of a great square headed brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-94846D

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy fragment of an early Saxon Hines type XV great square headed brooch. The fragment is broken at either end and is part of the chip-carved foot section of the brooch. The upper half is decorated with a decending chevron whilst the lower part has the brow and eye of a face mask, both features are common elements of a type XV brooch. The are no extant remains of a surface coating. The HER map for the findspot shows another fragment of great square headed brooch found at the same location. The two pieces cannot be directly compared, but they may well be from the same brooch. Circa 550-575 AD.

Class: great square headed
Sub class: Hines group XV

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
Date from: Circa AD 550
Date to: Circa AD 575

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19.4 mm
Width: 21.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd August 2016 - Monday 22nd August 2016

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 51086
Other reference: GC

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Bradenham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF9108
Four figure Latitude: 52.63612417
Four figure longitude: 0.82116835
1:25K map: TF9108
1:10K map: TF90NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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