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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-9FDD99
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy Langton Down brooch of Iron age to Roman date. It is missing part of the spring casing, pin and lower half of the bow due to old breaks. The wings are cylindrical in form, missing their extremities due to old breaks, and folded to encase the now missing spring. The bow is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face, tapering towards old breaks. At its head the bow has a moulded and curved transverse ridge separating it from spring casing. Beneath this the front face has a possible vertical reeded decoration comprising six vertical reeds separated by flutes. It measures 24.59mm in length, 18.42mm in width at wings, 9.41mm in width at bow, 2.05mm in thicknes at bow, and 2.93g in weight.
This is an incomplete Langton Down brooch of later Iron Age to Roman date. It is similar to examples from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 36-39) and dates to the 1st century AD, c.25-65 AD.
Class: Langton Down
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 65
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.59 mm
Width: 18.42 mm
Thickness: 2.05 mm
Weight: 2.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Newmarket
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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