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BROOCH
Unique ID: NARC-CF8AD8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
The triangular catchplate of a Colchester type Brooch. 1st century AD. The bow is plain and rectangular in section. The catchplate projects 10mm from the reverse of the bow.
Class: Colchester
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 10 mm
Weight: 2.25 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Podington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9463
Four figure Latitude: 52.257149
Four figure longitude: -0.624269
1:25K map: SP9463
1:10K map: SP96SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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