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Brooch
Unique ID: NMGW-98F701
Object type certainty:
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type, and dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is missing the foot, but is otherwise intact. The brooch employed a spring, secured by a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The spring has broken in antiquity, and the brooch was repaired by inserting a copper alloy pin around the axis bar. The wings are comparatively short and are plain. The upper bow is of sub-triangular section and is decorated with cast ornament. The sides of the head have a slight raised collar respecting the wings. The claw has a V-shaped moulding along the top of the bow. The sides of the bow have a raised pellet placed on a stepped raised moulding, which continues along the sides of the bow as far as the break.
Class: Polden Hill
Evidence of reuse: Spring repair
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: 29.4 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Thickness: 16.1 mm
Weight: 8.9 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: Wales
County: Monmouthshire
District: Monmouthshire
Parish: Monmouth
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SO4911
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: Sunday 1st February 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 2004.54.4
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Created:
Tuesday 30th March 2004
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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