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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-1271B7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch. Colchester derivative brooch, possibly Mackreth type 4a. Cast, with semi-tubular wings with paired line decoration on either side, clasped by a plain bow with a ridge along its crest; this may have risen to form a ridge or crest at the head. The bow tapers towards the stub of an apparently unpierced catch plate. The wings presumably retained a spring (now lost). Abraded. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-70.
Length: 51.1mm, Width: 39.8mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 10.9mm, Weight: 27.92gms.
Class:
Colchester Derivative
Sub class: possibly Mackreth type 4a
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 70
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.1 mm
Width: 39.8 mm
Thickness: 10.9 mm
Weight: 27.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 19th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM21232a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wroot (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7103
Four figure Latitude: 53.518887
Four figure longitude: -0.930642
1:25K map: SE7103
1:10K map: SE70SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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