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BROOCH
Unique ID: NCL-305616
Object type certainty: Certain
Incomplete, cast, copper-alloy one piece Colchester brooch of the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 25-60 AD.The brooch has a subtriangular head, short wings and merges into a tapering bow. There is no footknob. The base of the bow retains the base of the catchplate, now lost.The pin is missing, but it would have been a sprung pin cast integral with the rest of the brooch. Bends along the bow have distorted the shape of the brooch.
Class: Colchester
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Length: 53.27 mm
Width: 9.13 mm
Diameter: 5.09 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
District: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Parish: Lund
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE9648
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2010 - Tuesday 8th June 2010
Personal details
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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins
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Identified by: Miss Lauren Proctor - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Tuesday 6th July 2010
Updated: Friday 30th July 2010
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