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Brooch
Unique ID: NMGW-E275C6
Object type certainty:
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill type and dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, secured by a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings are plain and slightly rearward facing. The bow has the characteristic ‘dolphin’ profile and has two low mouldings on the head around the wings. The bow is decorated with a central recessed groove, which forks around the claw at the head. Either side of the central groove are short oblique incised lines. The bow has a rounded D-shaped section. The beginnings of the catch-plate are visible above the break.
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 43
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Length: 34.2 mm
Width: 18.4 mm
Thickness: 12.7 mm
Weight: 8.3 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: South West
County: Gloucestershire
District: Forest Of Dean
Parish: Dymock
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SO6934
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
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: Monday 1st March 2004
Personal details
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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.69.2
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Created:
Tuesday 27th April 2004
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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