Record ID: NMGW3354 - ROMAN brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMGW3354

Object type certainty: Certain

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Copper alloy Dolphin type brooch of plain and simple form. In profile it has the typical bow shape of a Dolphin brooch with a chunky bow humped at the head and tapering towards its foot. The plain wings are distorted but the semi-circular recess on their reverse, which accommodated the spring mechanism, is still visible. Part of the rearward facing hook on the head of the brooch survives; however, most of the catchplate and the spring and pin mechanism are missing. The surface of the brooch is pitted. Probably dates to the second half of the first century AD. For parallels cf. Hattatt 1985, 73, nos.350-351, fig.30. Length 32.5mm.

Notes:

Dolphin brooches are Hull's Type 94 and are one of the more popular types of early Roman brooches found in Britain. They are named from the humped bow at their heads which is supposedly reminiscent of leaping dolphins. The Dolphin type developed from the earlier Colchester type of brooch and is one of a series of related types, including the Polden Hill type, known collectively as Colchester Derivatives.

Class: Dolphin

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Length: 32.5 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South West
County: Wiltshire
District: Kennet
Parish: Chirton

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SU0558
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Unknown [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001

Personal details

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Recorded by: Philip MacDonald - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Philip MacDonald - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA: 2001.100.4

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