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BROOCH
Unique ID: WMID-182981
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy Colchester type brooch, of Late Iron Age to early Roman date (AD 25 to AD 60).
Approximately 45% of the brooch is present, consisting of the bow, one of the wings, incomplete head, and an incomplete catch plate. The pin and spring are missing, presumed lost in antiquity.
In plan, the brooch would have been almost T-shaped, and sub oval in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with one flat sub rectangular wing projecting from the right side at the top (there would have been another one on the left). An incomplete sub triangular catch plate extends from the reverse of the foot of the bow. The back of the brooch is plain and undecorated. The wing is plain and undecorated. The head of the brooch has two small circular pins protruding out to the sides, presumably this is the remnants of the spring, or of where the spring would sit.
The brooch measures 41.1 mm in length, 12.1 mm wide and 4.7 mm thick. It weighs 5.2 grams.
The brooch is a dark green colour, and has an even surface patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil has resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail.
Several similar brooches have been recorded on the PAS database including WMID-CD10F2, WMID-3A4702 and WMID-902F02.
Class: Colchester
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 25
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.1 mm
Width: 12.1 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 18th June 2014 - Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Wellingborough (District)
Parish or ward: Wollaston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9161
Four figure Latitude: 52.23967712
Four figure longitude: -0.66874596
1:25K map: SP9161
1:10K map: SP96SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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