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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-8D32FE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy fragment from an early Anglo-Saxon small-long brooch, dating c. 450-500 AD. Only a portion of the head survives, with the bow and foot broken away in old damage. The headplate is flat and would originally have been trefoil, consisting of a central rectangular plate with a single flat semi-circular knob projecting from each side and the top. Only the central element and one knob survives intact. No decoration is visible. The reverse has a single integrally cast vertical lug, to one side of which is a concreted mass of iron representing the remnants of the pin bar and spring. Preserved in poor condition with a coarse green patina, it survives to a length of 14.77mm, 27.40mm wide, and 7.72mm thick at the pin mechanism. It weighs 4.15g.
Penn and Brugmann (2007, p. 70, fig. 5.21) illustrate a number of similar small-long brooches, which they assign to the end of phase FA1 (450-480 AD).
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 450
Date to: Circa AD 500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.77 mm
Width: 27.4 mm
Thickness: 7.72 mm
Weight: 4.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th January 2017
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Risby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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