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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUSS-B66083
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An complete copper alloy annular brooch dating to the Medieval period (AD 1300-1400). The brooch consists of an ornate circular frame with four evenly spaced raised collets. The frame has a flat back and front with bevelled inner and outer sides. Between each collet the frame projects to four semi-circular lobes, creating a frilled edge effect to the frame. The collets project from a triangular base and are broadly circular in section. The outer side has a flattened filed appearance and there are little circular drilled depressions on the inner side. A circular cell is present on the upper face of each collet and although no stone or glass remains within the setting, traces of a solder or paste can be determined in all of them. Within one semi-circular projection of the frame is a circular hole, through which a of a copper alloy thin pin. The pin is formed of a circular cross-section shaped wire, bent around the frame and extending away from the frame.
Length: 28.84 mm
Width: 29.00 mm
Thickness: 1.52 mm
Weight: 3.74 g
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 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.84 mm
Width: 29 mm
Thickness: 1.52 mm
Weight: 3.74 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bishopstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0726
Four figure Latitude: 51.03332092
Four figure longitude: -1.90154844
1:25K map: SU0726
1:10K map: SU02NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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