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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-8C1D34
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. Approximately a quarter of the circular frame survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
It is curvilinear and D-shaped in section. Two integrally cast conical collets survive, each with a central circular indentation that would have held in place the now missing setting. Between the collets is a rectangular projection. The back face is flat and undecorated.
This brooch measures 17.90mm in length, 5.19mm in width, 6.34mm in thickness, 1.40g in weight.
There is a similar example from Norwich (Margeson, 1993, p.14, no. 58) and recorded on the PAS database (SF-8E1197), (SF-BD9DC6), (SF-E73D12).
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
Length: 17.9 mm
Width: 5.19 mm
Thickness: 6.34 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Eriswell
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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