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BROOCH

Unique ID: LIN-81DB06

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A Late Iron Age - early Roman copper-alloy Langton Down' brooch. The wings are cylindrical and contain a spring. The pin is missing. The bow is flat with two faint grooves running down the flanks. The catchplate is openwork and incomplete.

Class: Langton Down

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 20
Date to: Circa AD 65

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 14 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2011

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0733
Four figure Latitude: 52.883826
Four figure longitude: -0.411313
1:25K map: TF0733
1:10K map: TF03SE
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: 9 years ago

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