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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-81F383
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch, dating from the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period.
The brooch is complete but heavily distorted. The wings have straight, parallel sides and are of flat section. Eight coils and an external chord make up the damaged spring, which has been formed from an integrally cast projection at the centre of the head's underside. The spring extends into the pin, which is intact but bent. The external chord is held in place by a damaged rearward lug, located above the wings. The bow is of flattened-oval section and tapers towards a pointed foot. Traces of a catchplate survive on the underside of the lower part of the bow.
Length: 67.4mm; total width (due to distortion): 25.6mm; weight: 28.1g.
Class: Colchester (one-piece)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 67.4 mm
Width: 25.6 mm
Weight: 28.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th September 2013
Rally details.
This object was found at Thesaurus Group at Offley, Hertfordshire, September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: TLB 2013 - 114
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Lilley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL1125
Four figure Latitude: 51.91248053
Four figure longitude: -0.38766468
1:25K map: TL1125
1:10K map: TL12NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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