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1063 Early Medieval annular brooch reverse.jpg
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2006-06-14 13:14:05
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1063 Early Medieval annular brooch reverse.jpg
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English: Copper alloy annular brooch internal diameter 25mm, external diameter 39mm, thickness 2mm, weight 6.16g. This is a flat annular plate with a hole for the pin, on the opposite side, on the inside edge, is a small rectangular slot flanked by raised lips 5mm long and 2mm wide where the tip of the pin could pass through when securing the brooch a garment. The decoration covers the upper surface, comprising of two recessed rectangular lines, each running around one half of the surface, there is a recess running down the middle of each of these lines. The surface was ordinary tinned

This type of brooch is associated with Anglian terrorises, the highest concentration is in the eastern part of the country, but example have been recorded a far south as Kant and north into Yorkshire and extending to the west along the upper Thames valley. Excavated examples demonstrate that there were worn exclusively by women and normally in pairs. The date range for these is 450-575
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 450 and 575
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FindID: 129290
Old ref: GLO-D4BC12
Filename: 1063 Early Medieval annular brooch reverse.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/105347
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/105347/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/129290
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