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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-7455B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper alloy Hod Hill design brooch dating from the first century AD.
There are two grooved vertical lines that travel down the center of the upper half. The center has one grove horizontal line that covers the width of the fragment and two faint lines within this grove. The upper half curves inwards and the lower half outwards in an S shape, it is heavily corroded on the top from the remains of an iron pin.
It is 23mm high, 16mm wide and weighs 4.02g.
Class: Hod Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 23 mm
Width: 16 mm
Weight: 4.02 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Swale (District)
Parish or ward: Sheldwich (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR0256
Four figure Latitude: 51.26734602
Four figure longitude: 0.89420823
1:25K map: TR0256
1:10K map: TR05NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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