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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-D41D1E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper alloy cruciform brooch, dated to the early Medieval period. The fragment consists of a zoomorphic foot of the brooch, which represents what is possibly a stylised horse's head. Below the break is an engraved chevron above a pair of prominent knops that represent the horse's eyes. Below these knops appear to be two engraved chevrons - though these have mostly been worn down. To either side of these chevrons are a pair of sub-circular expanded plates reflecting exaggerated nostrils. The plates are decorated with a repeating punched ring and dot motif. A single oblique groove separates the plates from the projection directly underneath them. This projection extends from between the plates to create an almost anvil-like shape. The punched ring and dot motif is repeated on this projection.
The back of the brooch is entirely undecorated, with a slightly raised uneven surface towards the break. This is potentially where the pin rubbed against the brooch.
The entire brooch is worn and damaged, though some evidence of a coating of some sort can be seen.
An almost identical item can be seen at NARC-BDD437
Class: Cruciform
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 470
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.5 mm
Width: 22.5 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Rauceby Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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