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BROOCH
Unique ID: IOW-A0A156
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy ansate brooch (c. 650-c. 800). Thorle Group II.
The pin is missing.
The plain flat head (13.9mm x 11.8mm x 2.0mm) is rectangular in plan with rounded corners. The bow is strongly arched in side profile and is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. At the top the bow has a width of 5.2mm, at the bottom the width is 5.4mm and the width at the centre is 4.9mm. The centre of the bow has a thickness of 4.0mm. It is unclear what shape the foot would have been as some material has been lost from the edges due to abrasion. A pierced pin-lug behind the head measures 10.0 mm in height, 8.0mm in width and c. 2.2mm in thickness. The catch-plate is incomplete as the curled-over part that secured the pin-tip is absent. The present measurements of the catch-plate are 10.0mm in height, 3.6mm in width and 1.9mm in thickness.
This brooch is reddish brown and pitted with traces of a dark brown patina. Iron staining is present at the rear.
Length: 35.6mm; width: 11.8mm; thickness: 5.6mm. Weight: 5.88g.
Class: Ansate
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 650
Date to: Circa AD 800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.6 mm
Width: 11.8 mm
Thickness: 5.6 mm
Weight: 5.88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 19th October 2016 - Wednesday 19th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-7-257
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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