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BROOCH
Unique ID: LIN-BB3BDE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy small long brooch. Only the lower bow and footplate survive. The footplate is lozenge shaped, flat, and decorated with three ring and dot (pellet in ring) motifs aligned vertically. The upper and lower motifs comprise a single dot surrounded by a single ring; the central one has a single dot surrounded by two rings. An integral catchplate is located on the reverse.
Class: Small Long
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 450
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th January 2018 - Sunday 28th January 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Branston area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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