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BROOCH

Unique ID: BUC-08DE33

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete Early medieval white metal coated copper alloy annular brooch dating to the c.5th-6th century, AD.450-600. The object comprises half of the brooch frame, this is flat and circular. The brooch has broken in half splitting the piercing for the pin in two. The upper surface is decorated with stamped triangular lattice decoration, these are opposed along both edges of the frame ring with points facing toward each other. Upon the reverse side there appear to be small pellet indentations, possibly more decoration or a product of the stamping process for the front. The brooch is copper alloy but appears to have been coated in a white metal, possibly tinned as per some examples in MacGregor and Bolick (1993, nos.10.1 and 10.3).

The brooch measures 35.8mm in length, 16.0mm in width, 1.3mm in thickness and weighs 2.0g.

There are a number of similar examples in MacGregor and Bolick (1993 pgs 82-86) and some on the database such as BERK-D25D70.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.8 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th September 2016

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: AYBCM 4563

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Grafton Regis (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7545
Four figure Latitude: 52.09826561
Four figure longitude: -0.90654169
1:25K map: SP7545
1:10K map: SP74NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Date find submitted for recording
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
MacGregor, A. and Bolick, E.	1993	A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non-ferrous metals), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford	Oxford	Tempvs Reparatum	82-86

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Recording Institution: BUC
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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