NMS-824B78: Iron Age Colchester brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-824B78

Object type certainty: Certain
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Incomplete Iron Age/Romano-British copper alloy Colchester type one-piece brooch, with broken forward-facing hook and split fragment of missing spring projecting from base of head on reverse, short damaged wings, tapering flattened D-sectioned bow with remains of catch-plate on reverse. 14 x >46mm. c.20 - c.60 AD.

Class: Colchester

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 20
Date to: AD 60

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 14 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Marham

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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