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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-5E9C18
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 23mm long, 15mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 2.25grams. It consists of one half of an annular brooch which has a semi-circular section with circular depressions (three present) in its upper surface. It is similar in form to eg.1317 in Egan and Pritchard, 'Dress Accessories'.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 2.25 g
Rally details.
This object was found at Fosse Way RABI rally 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Harbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3560
Four figure Latitude: 52.23708504
Four figure longitude: -1.48889227
1:25K map: SP3560
1:10K map: SP36SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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