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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-1076F9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy annular framed brooche, broken wire pin, the loop is set within a round hole in a slight lug projecting from the inner edge. Six round collets rise from the flat top of the frame. All bar one are damaged and have lost their stone but most retain some white fixative. The extant stone is greenish glass. The gaps between the collets are decorated with two rows of closely spaced punched annulets. The inner face of the frame is angled upwards towards the centre and there is a peripheral flange. External diameter 23mm. Internal diameter 16mm. Maximum thickness (at intact stone) 4.5mm. c.1230 - c.1400.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1230
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Diameter: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 17th August 2015 - Monday 21st September 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58367
Other reference: NMD092015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Fincham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6806
Four figure Latitude: 52.62576322
Four figure longitude: 0.4806277
1:25K map: TF6806
1:10K map: TF60NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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