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Brooch
Unique ID: NMGW-A14F81
Object type certainty: Certain
Colchester brooch of Late Iron Age-early Roman date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, spring and catch-plate. The spring has broken before the first coil, and extends from immediately beneath the forward-facing hook, which would have secured the external chord. The hook tapers to a point and sits on top of the head. The wings are flat and expand slightly towards their rounded ends. The bow is of trapezoidal section, and gradually tapers and arcs in a continuous curve to a plain foot. The front of the bow is decorated with three moulded ribs, the central one being wavy. It is possible that the bow carried punched decoration. The remnants of the catch-plate survive against the back of the bow and was 29mm long.
Class: Colchester
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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: AD 15
Date to: AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Length: 64.1 mm
Width: 14.7 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight: 7.1 g
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: South West
County: Wiltshire
District: North Wiltshire
Parish: Grittleton
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: ST8481
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004
Personal details
Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.20.2
References cited
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Created:
Wednesday 11th February 2004
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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