Brooch

Unique ID: LIN-3C8972

Object type certainty: Certain

An incomplete copper-alloy simple one-piece brooch dating to the late Iron Age and early Roman period. The brooch is formed by a curved strip of copper-alloy. The strip is rectangular in cross-section and undecorated. At the top of the brooch the strip curles forward to form one loop of the now incomplete coiled spring. The foot is missing.

Class: Simple one piece

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 60

Dimensions and weight

Length: 28 mm
Width: 4 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 2.49 g
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: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: North Kesteven
To be known as: Sleaford area

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

References cited

No references cited so far.

QR barcode

QR code for this URL

If you have a mobile phone equipped with QR recognition software, you can go directly to the webpage that this record resides at. Every record has an individual one of these.

Spotted a mistake? Tell us. | Be the first to comment

Comment on this artefact's record

Data entered via this form is checked against the akismet service to recognise spam.

Enter your comments:
  • * This will not be displayed to the public.
  • * Not compulsory
  • The following HTML tags can be used - a,p,ul,li,em,strong,br,img,a - and paragraphs will be automatically created

    Audit data

    Created: Friday 6th May 2011
    Updated: Friday 6th May 2011

    This page is available in: xml json csv pdf qrcode representations.

    Social Bookmarking: