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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-4BFCF9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast concavo-convex fragment from the foot of a cruciform brooch, comprising the upper part of a horse head terminal with large rounded eyes modelled in relief, and with the top [only] of the muzzle of a horse, possibly with a moulded cross-rib or stop above it. Broken at both ends and abraded. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600.
Length: 18.1mm, Width: 11.6mm, Thickness: 3.9mm, Weight: 2.81gms
Class: Cruciform
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.1 mm
Width: 11.6 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 2.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th April 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39059
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: Rampton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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