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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-23E582
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A fragment of a silver-gilt annular brooch. What survives is part of the twisted, flattened, rectangular section on which is a diamond-shaped flat mount, 14.55mm wide, one of an original four. The mount is decorated with a series of three wavy concentric ridges in the centre of which is a quatrefoil.
Notes:
This item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal. It therefore should be considered Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Donated to Hampshire Museums
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2013T69
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Exactly AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.58 mm
Width: 14.55 mm
Weight: 1.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 13-118
Treasure case number: 2013T69
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Hart (District)
Parish or ward: South Warnborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7144
Four figure Latitude: 51.190823
Four figure longitude: -0.985392
1:25K map: SU7144
1:10K map: SU74SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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