BROOCH

Unique ID: KENT671

Object type certainty: Possibly

?wheel brooch fragment, annular ring with 3 spokes and central perforation, the outer ring has a perforated edge, no visible means of attachment on reverse

Notes:

Hattatt suggests the following references: Hull, pl. 782; Feugere 1985, les fibules en Gaul meridonale. However, C Johns at the British Museum (letter received 4/11/98) says: 'we don't think this is ancient. To me it looks like a component of something functional, e.g. one of a set of cutting plates from hand mincer - they are made of steel, of course, but I think this is something else designed to rotate on a spindle, perhaps some element in an arrangement of cogs'.

Class: wheel

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 800 BC
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Diameter: 26.5 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

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

Spatial data

Region: West Midlands
County: Worcestershire
District: Wychavon
To be known as: HEREFORD AND WORCESTER EVESHAM

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1997

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Richard Hobbs - [ view all attributed records]

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    Created: Tuesday 29th September 1998
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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