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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-5EE161
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Worn and incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative bow brooch with hinged pin (Mackreth 2011 CD H). Tubular wings with incised vertical lines, contains corroded remains of iron axis bar, pin missing. Broken D-sectioned bow with traces of vertical groove, foot and catchplate missing. Wingspan 20mm. Extant length 14mm. c. AD 50 - 150.
Class: Mackreth 2011 CD H
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Width: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th November 2016 - Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 21871
Other reference: AMD062017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Sisland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM3498
Four figure Latitude: 52.52957237
Four figure longitude: 1.44842649
1:25K map: TM3498
1:10K map: TM39NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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