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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-5D1D88
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Langton Down type brooch, dating from the early to mid 1st century AD.
The spring cylinder is heavily damaged, but part of the pin and three coils of the spring remain, albeit detached from the brooch. The bow is of triangular section and tapers from the top to the point of the break.
Length: 20.4mm; width (head): 18.6mm; weight: 4g.
Class: Langton Down
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: 20.4 mm
Width: 18.6 mm
Weight: 4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/155 - 74
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Ashwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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