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BROOCH
Unique ID: SOM-121C33
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper alloy annular brooch, dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The brooch has a circular frame with a slightly rounded sub-rectangular cross section, with a small constriction to hold a pin, now missing. The front face is decorated with a series of roughly equally spaced shallow grooves, whilst the reverse is undecorated.
Diameter: 25.4mm, Thickness: 2.3mm, Width of frame: 3.0mm, Weight: 2.74g.
Egan & Pritchard (1991: 249, no. 1311) illustrate a near identical, albeit slightly smaller, example excavated in London from a context dated by ceramic evidence to c. AD 1270-1350, in general the group ranges from contexts dating to between c. 1200 and c. 1400 (ibid: 249-253).
Class: Annular
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 3 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 2.74 g
Diameter: 25.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2016 - Thursday 2nd February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 017336
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nether Compton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books |
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