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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-58F280
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of Roman copper alloy Colchester-type brooch, the lower part of the bow and the catchplate only. A channel along the recently damaged catchplate flap indicates a two-piece brooch (i.e. with a Harlow-type spring mechanism). The bow is D-sectioned and undecorated except for a transverse groove immediately above the terminal. There are two triangular and one circular aperture in the catchplate, and at the upper end of the exterior of the flap two moulded transverse ribs. Length more than 45mm (of which 29mm comprises the catchplate). Width at break 4.2mm. c.43 - c.80.
L3
Class: Colchester Derivative Harlow
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 80
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 4.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2013 - Friday 15th March 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 31402
Other reference: ET032013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Roudham and Larling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9889
Four figure Latitude: 52.463032
Four figure longitude: 0.913145
1:25K map: TL9889
1:10K map: TL98NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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