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BROOCH
Unique ID: ESS-B1A252
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman cast copper alloy possible brooch pin. Rectangular cross section measuring 7.31mm by 4.17mm tapering to a point. Split end at opposing terminal. The pin is bent. It measures 46.76mm from the split end to the bend, then 52.90mm from the bend to the split. It weighs 14.8 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 20
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 99.7 mm
Thickness: 7.31 mm
Weight: 14.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th September 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at Langham, Essex (Colchester MDC) Rally 19th Sept 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: CMDC.19.9.2010-141.2
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
Parish or ward: Langham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0132
Four figure Latitude: 51.95016096
Four figure longitude: 0.9234343
1:25K map: TM0132
1:10K map: TM03SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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