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BROOCH

Unique ID: LIN-E952E7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete copper alloy T-shaped brooch. The brooch has cylindrical wings in section and contains an axis bar for a hinged pin. The pin is missing. The terminals of the wings are decorated with a single vertical groove. The bow is triangular in section and slightly tapers towards the break. The face of the bow is decorated with a single central vertical ridge. The lower half of the brooch is missing.

Class: T-Shaped

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 150

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 26 mm

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Bitchfield and Bassingthorpe (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK9828
Four figure Latitude: 52.840607
Four figure longitude: -0.546515
1:25K map: SK9828
1:10K map: SK92NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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

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