Brooch

Unique ID: NMGW-311883

Object type certainty:

Copper alloy Roman bow brooch fragment of Polden Hill type and dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is represented by the head and upper bow only. It employed a spring mechanism secured by a Polden Hill claw type mechanism. The plain wings are short and are angled slightly to the rear. The head would have carried cast ornament, which is now lost, apart from a small surviving remnant on one side of the head. The upper bow was probably of D-shaped or sub-triangular section.

Class: Polden Hill

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Length: 23 mm
Width: 19.5 mm
Thickness: 13.8 mm
Weight: 6.2 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: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Wales
County: Carmarthenshire
District: Carmarthenshire
Parish: Kidwelly

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SN4007
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2003

Personal details

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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.51.3

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    Created: Thursday 25th March 2004
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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