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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL1935
Object type certainty: Certain
Curving bow, D-shaped in section with flat front decorated with three strips infilled with enamel. Each strip appears to have originally been of three sections of alternating coloured enamel, of which only the some of orange enamel remains. Circular boss at the junction of the bow and the leg. The ridged plain leg tapers to a foot knob. The head of the bow comprises an oval plate on the back of which is an integral horizontal cylinder which encloses the intact axis bar, a trace of the pin remains. The position of the pin is offset from the centre of the cylinder. The top of the head is stepped and with milled decoration. Only vestiges of the head loop remain. Catchplate denuded.
Notes:
NB. Three pieces of flint were found on the site which have been identified as natural.
Class: Wirral type
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Length: 58 mm
Width: 13 mm
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]
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: North West
County: Merseyside
District: Knowsley
To be known as: MERSEYSIDE HALEWOOD
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd September 2001
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Nick Herepath
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Created:
Tuesday 11th September 2001
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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