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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF942

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy brooch; Colchester type; missing spring, pin, damaged catchplate; flat wings with vertical ribbing; facetted oval section bow, tapered (6-faces), solid catchplate with faint incised rocker decoration.

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.

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: Ante AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 1999

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM

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: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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