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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: NMGW-DFA1F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Unusual incomplete bow brooch, which has lost its foot and pin and has suffered some damage to the wings. The brooch appears to carry characteristics of both the Hod Hill and T-shaped brooch types. The bow is hollow on the reverse (better paralleled with Hod Hill variants) and is parallel sided at the head before the bow gently curves inwards and then partially out again. The sides then have a slight step, after which they are parallel sided to the break. This stepped tapering feature of the bow is reminiscent of T-shaped brooches. The head is decorated with an incised line along both sides and a prominent vertical double moulding carrying incised diagonal marks. The wings appear to be tubular rather than rolled, as with T-shaped brooches, but are comparatively short. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism.
Class:
Hod Hill type (variant)
Sub class: T-shaped (variant)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.6 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 11.7 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rhondda Cynon Taf (Unitary Authority)
District: Rhondda Cynon Taf (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Pont-y-Clun (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST0480
Four figure Latitude: 51.51074348
Four figure longitude: -3.38473879
1:25K map: ST0480
1:10K map: ST08SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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