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BROOCH
Unique ID: BERK-8F0A06
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy Iron Age one piece La Tené III brooch, dating to the first century AD (c. AD 43-80). The brooch is incomplete; the main body of the bow and the catchplate is all that survives, and this is distorted and bent. The bow itself is shouldered at the top and slowly narrows towards the foot; a line of chevrons run from the outer edge of each shoulder into the centre and down the bow where they terminate above the cacthplate, in a similar fashion Lowbury style brooches (Mackreth 2012 plate 7). There are three possible ribs running across the width of the bow just above the catchplate. This is almost identical in design (and condition) to another brooch found nearby (BERK-8EDEA1). Lowbury brooches are identified with the Atrebates tribe of Hampshire and Berkshire and beyond.
Class: Lowbury
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 80
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.04 mm
Width: 8.34 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009 - Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.088
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Winterbourne (Civil Parish)
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