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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-5E8A30
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Iron Age-Roman brooch, probably a Langton Down type (Mackreth 2011, Chap. 2, Part 2. Gp. 2.b2): The copper alloy brooch is incomplete; it has cylindrical wings, although this is incomplete. The spring and axis bar are housed within the wings. The pin is missing.
The bow protrudes from the lower edge of the wings and is a slender rectangle in section and tapers to a broken edge, between the mid point and wings. The exterior is decorated with five vertical ridges.
The surface of the brooch has an incomplete light brown patina.
The brooch measures 18.02mm long, 18.58mm wide and weighs 3.39g.
The type of brooch is probably a Langton Down type when considering the cylindrical housing for the axis bar, which probably dates to the 1st century AD. It can be further classified as a Mackreth 2011, Chap. 2, Part 2. Gp. 2.b2.
Class:
Langton Down
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Chap. 2, Part 2. Gp. 2.b2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.02 mm
Width: 18.58 mm
Weight: 3.39 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 23rd May 2017 - Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders reference: DF RH 72
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Kineton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3451
Four figure Latitude: 52.156237
Four figure longitude: -1.50443546
1:25K map: SP3451
1:10K map: SP35SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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