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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-765CE2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A small gilded cast copper-alloy medieval brooch of square form, with collared pin. Both sides of the brooch have cast decoration. One side has quatrefoils on two corners (the two corners at 90 degrees to the pin), bands of raised pellets on the outer frame and bands of annulets on the upper face. The other side has nine small quatrefoils alternating with eight blank panels.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 11-1572
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Epsom and Ewell (District)
Parish or ward: Ewell (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2362
Four figure Latitude: 51.343785
Four figure longitude: -0.235399
1:25K map: TQ2362
1:10K map: TQ26SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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