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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUSS-B99F94
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a lead alloy medieval annular brooch, AD. 1300-1500. The fragment is just under half the circumference of the brooch, and has a stepped flange running around the exterior. There are four projecting knops that are hollowed out, one of which is filled with a white paste, possibly an enamel. Between the two central knops is a perforation with a small ring suspended through it, this is likely all that remains of the Brooch pin. There are incised dots between the other knops on the upper surface of the brooch, six dots between each. The rear surface of the brooch is plain and angled inwards towards the inner circumfernce of the brooch.
Length: 23.81mm
Height: 3.55mm
Width: 3.43mm
Thickness: 2.01mm
Weight: 1.39g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.81 mm
Height: 3.55 mm
Width: 3.43 mm
Thickness: 2.01 mm
Weight: 1.39 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Houghton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3333
Four figure Latitude: 51.0953641
Four figure longitude: -1.53013441
1:25K map: SU3333
1:10K map: SU33SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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