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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-1DFEE5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy annular brooch dating from AD 1450-1700. The brooch has a circular frame; it is convex at the front and concave at the rear. The frame is pierced with a circular hole to take the pin which is now missing. The frame is decorated with alternating elongated ovals and pellets with trefoil tops. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated with a mould line visible at the eight and two o'clock position.
Diameter: 26.8 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 3.1 g
An identical brooch is recorded on the PAS database under LON-8492D2..
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 3.1 g
Diameter: 26.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RCM 0745
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: North West Leicestershire (District)
Parish or ward: Long Whatton and Diseworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4724
Four figure Latitude: 52.811505
Four figure longitude: -1.3041517
1:25K map: SK4724
1:10K map: SK42SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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