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BROOCH
Unique ID: DOR-DB0216
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A late la Tène type. At the head is an integral four coiled spring with an external chord running underneath it. The spring is filled with iron corrosion product, probably from an iron axis bar. The pin is missing. The bow is a simple extension of the wire of the spring being not much thicker at the head and having an oval cross section. The bow tapers to a sharp, finely pointed foot. At the rear of the foot is the remnant of a hooked catchplate.
Reference: Similar to Hattatt, R 2000 A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, p 290, figure 149, number 9 (described as a "Nauheim type progenitor")
Date: Late Iron Age - c. 50 BC to AD 50
Dimensions: 55.13 mm x 12.25 mm x 18.31 mm
Weight: 5.58 g
Class: late La Tène
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.13 mm
Width: 12.25 mm
Thickness: 18.31 mm
Weight: 5.58 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 019702
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Iwerne Minster (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8514
Four figure Latitude: 50.92525691
Four figure longitude: -2.21479048
1:25K map: ST8514
1:10K map: ST81SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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