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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-FA7C04
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy possibly Iron age La Tene III brooch (AD 20-100) which is missing the head, spring and pin. The brooch has been curled inwards upon itself so the head and the catchplate are touching. The catchplate has been bent inwards upon itself. It measures20.1mm in length, 4.55mm wide and weighs 3.76 grams.
The head of the bow and the majority of the spring are missing, the neck expands from the integral coil and projects outwards at a ninety degree angle to form the thickening bow. The bow is broadly lozengeform in cross section.
The incomplete catchplate would have extended to one side of the lower bow, the catchplate has been bent inwards upon itself.
Class: La Tène III
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 20
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.1 mm
Width: 4.55 mm
Weight: 3.76 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 2014-68
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Kingston Deverill
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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