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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-2EE5E5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy Iron Age Langton Down brooch dating to AD 25-60. The pin of the brooch is missing. At the top of the brooch, there are two arms which form a T bar and are decorated with vertical lines. The bow extends from the T bar and there are four decorative vertical lines to the bottom. The foot of the bow appears to be broken but ws probably squared off. The catchplate extends back from the lower part of the bow and has two decorative holes in it. Cf Hattatt (1989) A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches p306 no 769.
Notes:
This artefact was found in the late 1990's and has been recorded on the database from a paper record. It has not been seen in person by the recorder.
Class: Langton Down
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Exactly AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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