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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-67EF4E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy brooch. Cast crossbow brooch, Mackreth type CR 3.1b, cf. Keller Type 1 dated to 290-310 in Bavaria. Cast hinged bow brooch with two integrally cast onion shaped knops at the ends of its arms and a larger knop on top of the wings which retain the stub of a hinged pin in a closed cylinder with rust staining around it. These meet the bow at mouldings which go all around and with additional stop mouldings to the front only for the side arms. The bow itself is of facetted sub-rectangular section and bears relicts of paired incised lines down its centre. The curved part of the bow ends on a plain collar moulding. The foot is plain and flat in front but curved behind where it forms a chunky catch plate, with a basal aperture. This brooch type is strongly linked to a later Roman military and official presence. This unusually complete example is considered a find of note on account of the Humber region's strategic role in the defence of the later Roman empire. Suggested date: Late Roman, 290-380.
Length: 61.6mm, Width: 40mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 6.0mm, Weight: 34.06gms.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Class:
Crossbow
Sub class: Mackreth type CR 3.1b
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 290
Date to: Circa AD 380
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.6 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 34.06 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 13th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25700a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ashby cum Fenby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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