Record ID: YORYM-0A6F6F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete copper-alloy medieval brooch, dating to the period c.AD 1200-1400. The brooch is circular in plan and circular in cross-section, with a recess where the pin was originally attached. However, the pin appears to have become dislodged and the remains of it are fused to the opposite side of the circle. Most of the pin is missing, and the object is undecorated. The brooch measures 22.85mm in diameter and 1.45mm in thickness and weighs 1.16g. Egan and Pritchard (p.64-65) state that "a constriction on a single frame to limit the movement of the pin is generally an indi…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.