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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-65B583
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a copper-alloy open-frame brooch, dating from the Medieval period.
The remaining piece, representing approximately half of the original brooch, is C-shaped in plan, of D-shaped cross section and has two angled collets,between which are two wider mouldings with transverse grooves.
Diameter of object: 54.52 mm. Width: 5.78 mm. Thickness: 3.02 mm. Weight: 8.849 grams. The object has a dull green patina with some soil impaction.
Class: Open-frame
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 5.78 mm
Thickness: 3.02 mm
Weight: 8.849 g
Diameter: 54.52 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 14th March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nr Wimborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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