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BROOCH
Unique ID: BERK-F79153
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester hinged brooch. The brooch consists of enclosed wings housing the pin mechanism. The wings are plain. The bow is decorated with pairs of dots from the head to the foot. The catchplate is trapazoidal with a similarly shaped hole.
Class:
Colchester derivative, hinged
Sub class: Mackretth 2011,; CD H
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.6 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 13.9 mm
Weight: 6.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 21st December 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Nether Wallop (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3237
Four figure Latitude: 51.13138768
Four figure longitude: -1.54406042
1:25K map: SU3237
1:10K map: SU33NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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