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BROOCH
Unique ID: BERK-BFFC42
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy annular brooch dating to the medieval period. The brooch has a flat cross section and is circular in plan, with a small narrowing and recess to accomodate the pin (now missing). The brooch is decorated on the upper surface with multiple annulets, some co-joined or over-lapping. This style and design of brooch dates from c. 13th or 14th centuries AD.
Class: Annular brooch
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.98 mm
Weight: 4.2 g
Diameter: 27.62 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2012.530
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Great Bedwyn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2763
Four figure Latitude: 51.36542712
Four figure longitude: -1.61356147
1:25K map: SU2763
1:10K map: SU26SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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