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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-F40164
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Roman copper alloy equal-ended plate brooch, the hinged pin and the end with the catchplate missing. The pin was secured in a double lug by an iron spindle. The cross-bar consists of three knurled ribs and two grooves, and the centre comprises a square cell now empty of enamel. Extant length 17.5mm. Estimated length 27mm. Width 13.8mm. Mackreth 2011, 170, Continental type 2.e1, quite similar to Mackreth 211, pl. 113, no. 8264. Late 1st - 2nd century.
Class:
Continental plate
Sub class: Mackreth PL CONT 2.e1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.5 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Monday 13th May 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 17543
Other reference: DF062013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Walsingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9438
Four figure Latitude: 52.904407
Four figure longitude: 0.883194
1:25K map: TF9438
1:10K map: TF93NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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