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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-22AFE9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy Crossbow brooch, part of one hexagonally sectioned wing with an embedded axis bar, a collar and an onion terminal. The collar carries a cable pattern formed from diagonal slashing. The front face of the wings is serrated and there are two blind-drilled holes on the top face. The break is not recent. Extant length 23.5mm. Diameter of terminal 12.3 - 12.7mm. c.320 - c.410.
Class: crossbow
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 320
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.5 mm
Diameter: 12.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th March 2019 - Wednesday 24th April 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: DDMD042019
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Dry Drayton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3661
Four figure Latitude: 52.2304106
Four figure longitude: -0.01009098
1:25K map: TL3661
1:10K map: TL36SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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