Rights Holder: Lincolnshire County Council
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
BROOCH
Unique ID: LIN-90B047
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy annular brooch, dating to the late fifth or sixth century.
The frame is wide, flat, and circular, and rises very gently towards the centre. Both the interior and exterior perimeter of the upper face of the frame are decorated with a band of punched dots. The frame is recessed to take a pin. The corroded loop of an iron pin survives in this recess. The shank is missing, but the corroded tip of the pin survives on the opposite side of the frame. This item derives from a plough-damaged cemetery.
Class: Annular
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 470
Date to: Circa AD 570
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 10.03 g
Diameter: 50 mm
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Alford area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: LIN-90C0FD
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
An early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy annular brooch, dating to the late fifth or sixth century.
The frame is flat, circular, and decorated wi…
Workflow: Published
Find number: LIN-91A495
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
An early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy annular brooch, dating to the late fifth or sixth century. Approximately a sixth of the brooch survives. Th…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: LIN-9225DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
An early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy annular brooch, dating to the late fifth or sixth century. The brooch is complete apart from the pin. The f…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618