NMS-4F7CDB: Incomplete Late Saxon brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-4F7CDB

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy lozengiform openwork brooch of Kershaw's (2013) Type II dating to the period c. AD 900 - 1000. The central rosette is reduced to a circular depression. Each of the four intersecting arms exhibits paired ridges and terminates in an outwards facing Borre-style animal head. On the reverse is a rectangular single perforated pin-lug of Anglo-Saxon form positioned in-line with the brooch edge and a hooked catchplate of Scandinavian form.

See: Kershaw, J. 2013, p. 47 - 48, fig. 3.4.

Notes:

ENF141711

Class: openwork lozenge
Sub class: Kershaw (2013) Type II

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1000

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.5 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 6.1 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th March 2017 - Saturday 11th March 2017

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 61801
Other reference: IND052017AM

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Wood Dalling (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TG0827
Four figure Latitude: 52.80043686
Four figure longitude: 1.08403293
1:25K map: TG0827
1:10K map: TG02NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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