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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMGW-4BC96E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Small annular decorative silver brooch. The frame is decorated with beading in the form of enlarged filigree. There is no restriction in the frame for the pin which has a flat plain shaft and wrap around head.
External diameter 215.4 x 15mm; inner diameter 13 x 12.4mm; maximum frame thickness 1.4mm; weight 0.96g. Surviving pin length 11mm; thickness 1.4mm (some of shaft and head missing).
The surviving pin is in three fragments (recent breaks, associated with discovery).
In terms of size and design, the brooch is of thirteenth- to mid-fourteenth-century form.
Notes:
A silver brooch from Ireland is of similar size and design (Deevy 1998, 115, no. RB 99). Similar designs occur on annular brooches made from copper alloy, and traces of similar beading are evident on a small silver brooch from Llanfaes, Anglesey (Redknap 1995, fig. 4, no. 14).
References
Deevy, M. B. 1998, Medieval Ring Brooches in Ireland. A study of jewellery, dress and society (Wordwell, Bray).
Redknap, M. 1994 'Some medieval brooches, pendants and moulds from Wales: a short survey', Archaeologia Cambrensis CXLIII, 92-138.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2016TW19
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 0.96 g
Diameter: 21.54 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2016 - Thursday 30th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2016TW19
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llangan (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS9677
Four figure Latitude: 51.48236087
Four figure longitude: -3.49909165
1:25K map: SS9677
1:10K map: SS97NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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