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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-EB119F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Harlow brooch with almost all of the spring, the pin, most of one wing, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. Mackreth 2011, CD Ha 1.a. The iron of the axis bar blocks the lower hole through the double-pierced lug. A median rib on the flat-backed bow runs between concavities. Estimated wingspan 25mm. Extant length 31.5mm. c.43 - c.75.
Field BUR
Class:
Colchester derivative Harlow
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, CD Ha 1.a
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.5 mm
Width: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2015 - Saturday 31st October 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60271
Other reference: SET102015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wymondham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1096
Four figure Latitude: 52.52139175
Four figure longitude: 1.09392509
1:25K map: TM1096
1:10K map: TM19NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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