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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-7974C9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An early Medieval, late Saxon lead disc brooch of Weetch Type 4.A, dating from AD 900 - 1000.
The brooch is flat, circular, and decorated on the front with five moulded concentric rings, forming a border. The centre of the brooch is decorated with a moulded straight-armed cross motif. In the centre is a moulded, domed pellet. Each angle is decorated with many small pellets or dots.
The reverse has two moulded lugs (a double pin lug) at one side, and the remains of a moulded integral catchplate on the opposite edge. Part of the edge of the brooch is missing. It is 42.5mm in diameter and 6.3mm thick. It weighs 23.58g
Compare LIN-FA59A9 which notes that "A close parallel comes from South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire (Leahy 2007, fig. 80; Weetch 2014, no. 322), with a second, from Bardney, recorded on this database (LIN-0D8085)." See also LEIC-AFFEB8 and PUBLIC-D26448. See Weetch (2014) page 285 ff.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: Weetch Type 4.A
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 23.58 g
Diameter: 42.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th February 2016 - Sunday 14th February 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3367
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Harpswell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9289
Four figure Latitude: 53.38983429
Four figure longitude: -0.61809849
1:25K map: SK9289
1:10K map: SK98NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weetch, R. | 2014 | Brooches in Late Anglo-Saxon England within a North West European context: A study of social identities between the eighth and eleventh centuries | Reading | Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Reading | 285ff |
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