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BROOCH

Unique ID: SUR-9562D9

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A late Iron Age or early Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch of simple tapering strip form. The missing pin was separate and was held on an iron bar in a semi-cylindrical housing. The catchplate is incomplete and bent. On the bow is a central raised flat ridge which runs part way along it. There are also short side grooves.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 60

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 83.5 mm
Width: 11.71 mm
Weight: 3.89 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: B14-756

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Northmoor (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP4101
Four figure Latitude: 51.70624727
Four figure longitude: -1.40806287
1:25K map: SP4101
1:10K map: SP40SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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