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BROOCH

Unique ID: BERK-97D765

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy Colchester derivate type Roman brooch dating to about 1st Century AD. The spring mechanism is intact but the bottom and catchplate broken. Width midpoint 9.26mm, thickness at widest point 3.67, other measurements see below.

Notes:

Rally Record Yellow 61

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.59 mm
Width: 18.49 mm
Thickness: 7.42 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th September 2016

Rally details.

This object was found at XP Rally Milton-under-Wychwood 2016

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Shipton-under-Wychwood (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP2615
Four figure Latitude: 51.83301178
Four figure longitude: -1.62408738
1:25K map: SP2615
1:10K map: SP21NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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