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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-4F81D9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy annular frame of a medieval brooch, pointed oval-sectioned with a round-sectioned pin constriction. The front face is engraved with three uneven sets of transverse engraved grooves, eleven, fifteen and eighteen. External and internal diameters 27.5 and 21.3mm. Thickness 1.8mm. Late 13th - 14th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Diameter: 27.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th December 2019 - Tuesday 31st December 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 25765
Other reference: SB032020
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Congham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7123
Four figure Latitude: 52.77750198
Four figure longitude: 0.53373441
1:25K map: TF7123
1:10K map: TF72SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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