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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-A8226B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. It has an annular frame that is circular in section, undecorated, and with a narrow pin constriction at one side. This holds in place a separately cast copper-alloy pin that is rectangular in form, D-shaped in section and with a pointed triangular tip. The entire object measures 20.71mm in diameter, 1.74mm in thickness, and 1.40g in weight. This brooch is of Medieval date, c.14th century AD (cf. Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 1307).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.74 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Diameter: 20.71 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: WSW 026
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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