2024-03-28T10:17:22+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/900713/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/900713/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/900713/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/900713/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/900713/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/900713/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/900713900713WILT-03DD5DPAS5AF03DD5001DCCBUCKLE33.8419.632.3411MEDIEVAL11501250An incomplete medieval copper alloy brooch dating to cAD1150 - 1250 . The object consists of a circular frame, now slightly distorted, with a thin rectangular cross section and two notches, on opposing sides of the frame. On a line perpendicular to these, two hooked projections expand outwards from the frame, both with a zoomorphic terminal.
Dimensions: 33.84mm in length, 19.63mm in width, and weighs 2.34g.
A similar artefact with a circular frame and opposing hooked extensions is illustrated in Saunders, 2012, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Medieval Catalogue, Volume 4, figure 13, number 8 and is attributed to the early to mid-thirteenth century. More complete examples, such as SWYOR-1CB26C, would suggest that the notches originally held a separately made copper alloy bar, and that the object functioned as a buckle, rather than brooch, although given its small size a functional use seems doubtful. 2018-05-07 12:51:492018-09-11 13:21:26431Possibly142929PAS5AF03DD5001DCC7121WILTCopper alloy10627CastIncompleteMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxMetal detectorCircaExactly89972243925168054392541427SU1925SU1925SU12NE51.02405976-1.730470081011027228WILT03DD5D.JPG1634372Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum4images/wpartridge/South WestEuropean RegionUnitary AuthorityWiltshireUnitary AuthorityWiltshireCivil Parish51.0378-1.73479AlderburyReturned to finder96667