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BROOCH

Unique ID: NLM-DE684B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy plate brooch fragment. The central concavo-convex boss and a part of the gutter surrounding it, and a projecting lug with a small folded catch plate behind it, from a hinged plate brooch, probably of Continental origin, Mackreth type CONT. 16. The boss has four equidistantly distributed shallow drilled holes of diameter 2mm, possibly the fixing points for a central feature of another material, now lost. Suggested date: Early Roman, 70-200.

Length: 24.8mm, Width: 14.5mm, Height (i.e. protrusion of boss): 6mm, Weight: 3.07gms

Class: Mackreth type CONT. 16

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 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 24.8 mm
Height: 6 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Weight: 3.07 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th July 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM39859

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Winteringham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9222
Four figure Latitude: 53.68636284
Four figure longitude: -0.6084089
1:25K map: SE9222
1:10K map: SE92SW
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: Cultivated land

References cited

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

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