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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-95ED86
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy fragment originating from a small-long brooch of probable Anglo-Saxon derivation, dating to the Early Medieval period, c. 450-480 AD. Only the headplate survives, with the rest of the object sheared off in a neat linear truncation at the base of the headplate. The latter is rectangular in plan, with a broken circular perforation at each corner. On the reverse face of the brooch, a single-lugged pin attachment point is visible, also broken in old damage. Preserved in fair condition with an even green patina, it survives to a length of 18.66mm, 26.22mm wide, and 5.93mm thick where the pin-lug extends from the rear face of the object. It weighs 3.61g.
Similar small-long brooches with perforations at the corners of their headplates are recorded on the PAS database as YORYM-91B654 and NMS-0AE155. This brooch can probably be assigned to Penn and Brugmann's phase FA1 (c. 450-480).
Class: small-long
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 480
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.55 mm
Width: 26.22 mm
Thickness: 5.93 mm
Weight: 3.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th December 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Woolpit
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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