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BROOCH
Unique ID: NARC-8534A0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy Dolphin type brooch with hinge mechanism. Hinge encased in rolled copper sheet, forming the wings. A 4mm wide gap in the wings reveals 2 turns in the spring. Pin broken after 6mm. Wings are 31mm wide and 5mm in diameter. Bow is 23mm long and 10mm wide at the head, tapering down to 5mm at the break. Decorated with a raised triangle at the head of the bow, surrounded by 4 small punched triangles. Similar to Hattatt type 21 (Visual catalogue page 299)
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Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 31 mm
Weight: 9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th November 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6164
Four figure Latitude: 52.270781
Four figure longitude: -1.107476
1:25K map: SP6164
1:10K map: SP66SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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