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BROOCH
Unique ID: NCL-7D44E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Class: Headstud
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.56 mm
Width: 30.53 mm
Thickness: 4.55 mm
Weight: 13.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th March 2008
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Claxby Pluckacre
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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