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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-557F23
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A large one-piece copper alloy Colchester brooch. The pin and catch plate and part of the spring are missing.
Class: Colchester
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 66.18 mm
Width: 13.91 mm
Weight: 10.67 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 12-1172
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Newton Blossomville (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9350
Four figure Latitude: 52.140477
Four figure longitude: -0.64248
1:25K map: SP9350
1:10K map: SP95SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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