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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-8FA021
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch. Cast small long brooch with a cross-potent head with rounded ends to its three arms, defined by small U-shaped cut-outs near the springing of each arm, and each end being separated from the rest of the head plate by stamped features which appear as untidy doubled or superimposed chevrons within separate border lines. The effect achieved by this two-dimensional elaboration recalls the rounded knobs of some cruciform brooches. The bow continues with slightly divergent straight sides to a straight-ended foot. At least five ridges are scored across the upper part of the bow, with a further pair of ridges with an incised line along each ridge where the foot begins to widen. The expanded part of the foot is bordered by evenly distributed stamped ring-and-dot or half ring-and-dot of diameter 1.7mm, with smaller and more closely juxtaposed chevron stamps above a horizontally incised line closing the field at its base. A U-shaped lug retaining iron corrosion from the pin [otherwise lost] projects from the back of the head plate, while a folded catch plate remains behind the upper part of the bow. The head and lower bow were recovered separately, and both are bent, probably as the result of recent adventitious damage. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600.
Length: c.64mm, Width: 34.5mm, Thickness (clear of fastening gear): 1.4mm, Weight: 13.81gms
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64 mm
Width: 34.5 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 13.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40245
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Winteringham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9421
Four figure Latitude: 53.67702195
Four figure longitude: -0.57843757
1:25K map: SE9421
1:10K map: SE92SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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