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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-A410BC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Langton Down brooch, with the pin, part of the spring, parts of the spring casing and the lower part of the bow and the catchplate missing. There is a pair of transverse grooves on the top of the housing. A pair of curving grooves marks the top of the bow and below it there is a pair of median grooves. The bow tapers downwards to the break. Its front is slightly convex and its rear almost flat. Mackreth 2011, LD 9. Extant length 24mm. Bow width 12.8 - 4.8mm. Early to mid 1st century.
Class:
Langton Down
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, LD 9
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 10
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 50182
Other reference: E14435
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Bodham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1139
Four figure Latitude: 52.90698433
Four figure longitude: 1.13622402
1:25K map: TG1139
1:10K map: TG13NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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