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BROOCH
Unique ID: LIN-A0B03D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of the cruciform type, dating to the Early Medieval period (c. AD 400 - 600). Only the foot and lower bow survive, the rest of the object having broken away in antiquity. The foot is in the shape of a beast's head with moulded, ridged eyebrows and prominent rounded eyes. The snout extends towards the terminal of the brooch with a prominent raised bridge of the nose and raised nostrils. The 'nostrils' are two upturned Style I beaked heads in profile with caps, curled beaks and pellets for an eye. The terminal is indicated by a double collar, the upper with vertical line decoration and the lower with horizontal line decoration. Just above the eyes of the animal is the remains of the bow, indicated by a narrow projection terminating in a worn break. The reverse of the brooch is flat where the eyes of the animal are and slightly voided where the snout of the animal is.
Similar examples recorded on the PAS database include: SF-7EE63C and LVPL-725484.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 41.77mm in length, 21.12mm in width, 4.53mm in thickness and 10.07g in weight.
Notes:
EDIT: 19.02.2022 This brooch fragment belongs to Martin group 3, dated to c.AD 475-550
Class: Cruciform
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 475
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.77 mm
Width: 21.12 mm
Thickness: 4.53 mm
Weight: 10.07 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Nettleham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0177
Four figure Latitude: 53.28036579
Four figure longitude: -0.48664046
1:25K map: TF0177
1:10K map: TF07NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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