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BROOCH
Unique ID: WREX-E61B60
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch of the Wirral type dating to the Roman period (100-200AD) The object is a hinged example. The head is stepped as is typical of this type with a complete head loop.
The upper bow is decorated with three vertical panels which would have contained cells of coloured enamel. There is a trace of pale blue enamel in the first cell (far left). Below the panels is a raised rounded knop. The bow tapers below the knop to a decorated foot. The catchplace is complete. The pin is missing. The object has dark greenish brown patina.
Length: 70.6mm; width: 13.1mm; thickness of bow: 6.0mm; weight: 23.57g
Notes:
The Wirral brooch is thought to have been derived from the trumpet brooch and dates from the 2nd century AD. This type of brooch is known as the Wirral type since the earliest discovery of this type was from the Wirral and it also now thought that this is where the main (if not only) production site was based (Philpott; 1999; 275). The main distribution of this type of brooch is the Wirral, Cheshire, North Shropshire and North Wales; with some outliers in the Vale of Glamorgan (Wales) and the North East.
Class: Wirral
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70.6 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 23.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th October 2019 - Sunday 20th October 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 200205/6
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Whitchurch
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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