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BROOCH
Unique ID: LIN-F0F424
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Incomplete copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of flat wing ends type. The brooch has semi-cylindrical wings in cross-section. There is a small hook at the top in the centre that would have secured the now missing spring and pin. The wing terminals are full-rounded and pierced. The front of the wings are decorated with a single vertical groove at either end. The bow is triangular in cross-section and decorated at the top with a 'V'-shaped groove and down the centre by a pair of incised lines. The foot is slightly flattened. The catchplate is intact.
Class: Polden Hill (flat wing ends type)
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
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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: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Threekingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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