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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-0486F5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy fragment of a Roman brooch, comprising the head, spring and wings. A retaining hook for the spring chord is present and there is a second lug for the spring although this is obscured by corrosion. The bow is flat in profile, with a deeply incised double groove along the spine. The wings are semi-cylindrical. Possibly Colchester derivative, Harlow double lug type, 1st Century AD, as Hattatt p 296 number 255.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Surrey Archaeological Society
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.1 mm
Height: 7.6 mm
Width: 17.4 mm
Weight: 2.87 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Tandridge (District)
Parish or ward: Godstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3550
Four figure Latitude: 51.23322412
Four figure longitude: -0.06774036
1:25K map: TQ3550
1:10K map: TQ35SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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 |
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