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BROOCH

Unique ID: NCL-95DC65

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A copper-alloy Thealby type bow brooch (Mackreth's Colchester Derivative Type 17.b.1) dating to the late first to second century AD. The bow is arched and rectangular in section. It is decorated with three vertical ribs. It tapers slightly towards the integral semi-circular forward facing foot. The wings are rectangular in shape and semi-circular in section. There is rectangular head extension with integrally cast chain loop.The axis bar is enclosed within a cylindrical closed plate. The catchplate rises to more than three quarters the length of the bow. The brooch measures 48mm in length, and the wings measure 18mm in width. The bow is 7mm at its widest. The width of the foot is 4mm.

Notes:

SF 4373. Seen 23.4.18

Class: Thealby

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 150

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Width: 18 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1986 - Tuesday 1st January 2002

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Box 1, Bag 3

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: North East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Piercebridge (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: NZ2115
Four figure Latitude: 54.529849
Four figure longitude: -1.677018
1:25K map: NZ2115
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Discovery circumstances: While diving in the River Tees
General landuse: Open fresh water
Specific landuse: Running water

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Recording Institution: NCL
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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