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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-207AA5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type. This has rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings that would have held the pin axis bar (now missing) and loop at the top of the head would have held the spring external cord. The front of the wings are decorated with three vertical transverse groves and two angled groves decorated the side of the head, whilst the remainder of the bow is undecorated. Narrow pointed foot at the bas of the bow mounts the closed catchplate.
Class: Polden Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 10.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st December 2020 - Thursday 8th April 2021
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Marshfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7871
Four figure Latitude: 51.43756471
Four figure longitude: -2.31789329
1:25K map: ST7871
1:10K map: ST77SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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