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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-B77A8A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy annular brooch the has twelve collets on the upper surface, each collet is a circular cross section rod that projects outwards at a 45 degree, the tops of the collets are dished where a stone would have been mounted. In-between each of the collets are four dished pellets on the top side of the frame and an outwards projecting semi-circular knop on the outside edge.
On one side is a hole for the pin, the pin is copper alloy with an annular loop for attachment, the other end of the pin is pointed.
Class: annular
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 7 mm
Weight: 12.29 g
Diameter: 39 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Timsbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST6658
Four figure Latitude: 51.32008194
Four figure longitude: -2.48927752
1:25K map: ST6658
1:10K map: ST65NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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