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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-38D9C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Oval shaped Roman plate brooch. In the centre of the brooch is a recessed central oval that would have contained enamel, glass or a stone which is now missing. This is surrounded by a recessed cell that is flanked by two thick raised bands. The recessed cell would have contained enamel, but only a small trace of green enamel now remains. There catch plate and pin mount on the reverse are truncated.
Class: plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 2.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Friday 1st March 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
Parish or ward: Highnam (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8019
Four figure Latitude: 51.869213
Four figure longitude: -2.291882
1:25K map: SO8019
1:10K map: SO81NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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