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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-8FA67D
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy buckle or brooch pin of Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1500. Its decorative element, and length (43.39mm), suggest it belonged to an annular brooch. The pin is of D shaped cross-section and tapers slightly in width, which at its maximum is 5.95mm, and is 1.6mm thick. The pin terminates in an integral loop which is formed by bending the strip back on itself, and is 6.5mm thick. The loop is decorated with two curved incised lines on the upper face, following the tapering edge of the loop. The pin has a weight of 3.48g. On its upper face it is decorated with a flat panel ornamented with five stamped annulets arranged in a quincunx, in similar fashion to the 'five' face on a gaming die or playing card.
See YORYM-766AA7 for a similar find deemed to be a buckle fitting and compared to similar examples in Egan and Pritchard, p.115, fig.75, and FAKL-C68E56 for a more complete example deemed to be a brooch. Compare also DENO-3E3736, SOM-39B591 and DENO-E362F7.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.39 mm
Width: 5.95 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 3.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 29th August 2018 - Wednesday 29th August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS Form No 003249
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Featherstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4320
Four figure Latitude: 53.67470791
Four figure longitude: -1.35056301
1:25K map: SE4320
1:10K map: SE42SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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