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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-31EB95
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
~~Copper alloy Colchester one piece brooch with the spring cast integrally with the bow, the spring is made from five curls, the pin is complete. There is a rearwards facing hook on the top of the head which holds the external cord of the spring. Small tabs/wing project either side of the head to protect the spring. The bow is plain and tapers to the foot, the catch plate is now truncated buy would have been decorated with a series of openwork panels. Date 25-60AD
Class: Colchester
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 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 65 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight: 8.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2016 - Thursday 1st September 2016
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: Dymock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7031
Four figure Latitude: 51.97664897
Four figure longitude: -2.43816634
1:25K map: SO7031
1:10K map: SO73SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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