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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF6031

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

brooch fragment, unfinished casting? Lower bow broken off.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: colchester derivative (hinged pin type)

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1987

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK PAKENHAM

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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