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BROOCH

Unique ID: ESS-C02053

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper-alloy ring, nearly 20 mm in diameter; roughly circular in cross-section nearly 1.5 mm across. It weighs 0.75g. Possibly a medieval brooch frame, or a medieval or post-medieval buckle frame; perhaps more probably a harness ring, part of a chain, etc. c.1100-1900AD.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 0.75 g
Diameter: 20 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Castle Point (District)
To be known as: Canvey Island

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Discovery circumstances: Part of a collection discovered over some 30 years
General landuse: Coastland
Specific landuse: Inter-tidal

References cited

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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