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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-B67D5B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy Rosette/Thistle type brooch, dating from the Late Iron Age to Early Roman periods.
The spring casing is heavily damaged, but a projection at the centre of its underside suggests that the spring was cast integrally. The bow is of triangular section, its base terminating in a damaged suboval plate. A groove with beaded central ridge extends parallel to the upper edge of this plate; at the lower end there are two grooves, beneath which the plate terminates in a point. Part of the flat-sectioned foot remains, extending downwards from the underside of the aforementioned plate.
Length: 35.5mm; width: 17.2mm; depth: 16.1mm. Weight: 7.69g.
Class: Rosette/Thistle
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.5 mm
Width: 17.2 mm
Weight: 7.69 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/63 - 14
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Little Hadham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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