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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-E32C0D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy small-long brooch of Anglo Saxon date. Only the majority of the head plate survives and comprises a rectangular centre panel with semi-circular arms springing from each side and the top. The remainder of the brooch is missing in old damage. The front is decorated with a rectangle of semi-circular punched ring and dot against an incised line border. The rear is undecorated, with the remains of a pin lug encrusted by iron corrosion. It survives to a height of 22.7mm, width of 32.4mm, thickness of 1.7mm and weighs 7.4g.
Brooches of this form are generally dated to Penn and Brugmann's phase FA1, c. AD 450-480.
Similar examples: SF-72EA52, WMDLD-A44934, NLM-8FA021
Class: Small-long
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 22.7 mm
Width: 32.4 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 7.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd March 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Fressingfield
Spatial coordinates
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 235 | 676 | |
| Penn, K. and Brugmann, B. | 2007 | Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Inhumation Burial: Morning Thorpe, Spong Hill, Bergh Apton and Westgarth Gardens | Gressenhall | Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service | p70 | figure 5.21 |
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