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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-37F5B7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy annular frame brooch. The frame is bevelled, on the outer edge it is decorated with tranverse grooves and on the inner edge with circular depressions, two of which have the remnants of a white paste. The reverse is flat. The brooch is broken roughly at the half way point. The recessed bar for the pin attachment is visible at the other end,
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.15 mm
Weight: 3.92 g
Diameter: 33.48 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM4245
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Broughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3033
Four figure Latitude: 51.0955283
Four figure longitude: -1.57297336
1:25K map: SU3033
1:10K map: SU33SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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