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BROOCH
Unique ID: WMID-6C5766
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy twisted wire one-piece brooch of late Iron Age date. The brooch is incomplete, missing its pin and catchplate and it is therefore a little difficult to determine whether the brooch is of La Tène II or La Tène III style and date. Given the fairly acute angle with which the head emerges from the bow it seems more likely to be La Tène III, thus dating from the second half of the first century BC into the first half of the first century AD (circa 50 BC - AD50). The spring has two coils remaining before the break and the broken part of the spring/pin loops under the top of the bow. The brooch measures 36.86 mm long 10.2 mm wide at the head, 3.69 mm thick at the bow and it weighs 2.7 grams. It is heavily abraded and corroded and has a green/brown colour.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Class: One Piece
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 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.86 mm
Width: 10.2 mm
Thickness: 3.69 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th October 2011 - Tuesday 31st January 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Worfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7293
Four figure Latitude: 52.534138
Four figure longitude: -2.414213
1:25K map: SO7293
1:10K map: SO79SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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