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BROOCH

Unique ID: LIN-169C83

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment of a rosette or thistle brooch dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period. Part of a flat, incomplete headplate remains with part of a bow. The headplate is now crescent shaped. The metal has a reddish patina.

Class: Thistle

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 70

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 15 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 2010

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Corby Glen (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0124
Four figure Latitude: 52.804108
Four figure longitude: -0.503228
1:25K map: TF0124
1:10K map: TF02SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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