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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM6412
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Iron flower mounted on to a copper alloy plate. The plate would have originally held two flowers, only one remains. Loop on the reverse that would be a catch for a pin, pin is missing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1540
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.7 mm
Width: 11.9 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 2.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: BINBROOK
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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