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BROOCH

Unique ID: CAM-84AC63

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper-alloy annular brooch or buckle frame. The frame is circular and undecorated, 26 mm in diameter externally and 18 mm internally, and 2 mm thick. In cross-section the frame is a pointed oval with the outer arris filed down. The pin is made from circular-section copper-alloy wire with distinct longitudinal grooves and striations; close to the end there are hammer marks as if an attempt has been made to flatten it. The pin is c. 1.5 mm in diameter and 27 mm long, but the tip may have been lost through corrosion. Similar objects are classed by Egan and Pritchard (1991) as buckle frames. Their no. 31, from a context of c. 1300-c. 1350, is very similar in size and shape but has a chunkier pin.

Class: annular
Evidence of reuse: None

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 5.31 g
Diameter: 26 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th March 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Weston Colville (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL6251
Four figure Latitude: 52.133556
Four figure longitude: 0.365507
1:25K map: TL6251
1:10K map: TL65SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books	p.58	31

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Recording Institution: CAM
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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