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BROOCH

Unique ID: PUBLIC-0F5AE6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete cast copper alloy annular ring brooch, circular in plan and lozenge-shaped in section with an undulating profile, with three recesses dividing four decorated sections. One of the recesses also has a recess on the back of the brooch, where the hinge of the pin was wrapped around the diameter of the ring. There is a slight groove on the opposite side of the brooch which might have acted as the pin rest, but it is probably just from wear. The pin is now missing. The surface of the brooch is corroded and pitted but there appears to be several stamped pellets and other patterns but they are unclear. The brooch is similar to the ring brooch illustrated in Hattatt (2000) on page 382, fig.241, no.1710, which is dated from the 13th to the 15th century.

Class: annular
Sub class: ring

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 5.7 g
Diameter: 27.2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd April 2018 - Sunday 22nd April 2018

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Constantine (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SW7228
Four figure Latitude: 50.10821657
Four figure longitude: -5.1900822
1:25K map: SW7228
1:10K map: SW78SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland
Specific landuse: Disturbed

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	2000	A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches	Oxford	Oxbow Books	p.382, fig.241	no.1710

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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