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BROOCH

Unique ID: GLO-67FE0E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Late Saxon Anglo-Scandinavian disc brooch dating to the period c. AD 900 - 1000. The front exhibits cast Borre-style decoration comprising a concave-sided lozenge with a central circular domed stud. Each of the four corners of the lozenge extends to form interlaced, double contoured knots. One side is truncated resulting in the loss of about 30% of the brooch. On the reverse are the remains of two perforated lugs that would have held the pin in-between. Only the base of these lugs remains and both exhibit a much worn break, opposite is the base of a catch plate, again the break is very worn and old. Evenly spaced at each quarter around the outside edge are three perforated holes (1.5mm in diameter), there would presumable be a fourth but which falls in the missing section.

NMS-2FAA5E records this as a common 10th-century type in East Anglia carrying a relatively standardised design based on a Scandinavian prototype, see West 1998, fig. 134.8, Margeson 1997, fig. 28, and Margeson, S. and Williams, V. in Ayers 1985, 28-9, fig. 24 no. 1. Kershaw 2013, 56-61, fig. 3.19 East Anglian Series Type I.

Similar brooches are recorded as NMS-7446E3, LIN-66380B, YORYM-B4C4BD and SF-EF2ACD

Class: East Anglian series

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
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1000

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 7.28 g
Diameter: 39 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2019 - Thursday 1st August 2019

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Deddington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP4632
Four figure Latitude: 51.98456068
Four figure longitude: -1.33159613
1:25K map: SP4632
1:10K map: SP43SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: GLO
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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