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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF1218

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy brooch, Colchester Derivative/Polden Hill variant type. Missing foot, catchplate, spring & pin. Corroded. Remains of an iron axis bar are held in the 7mm wide folded round arm terminals. Arms have a diagonal and a terminal incised lines. Bow is D-shaped but with a slightly convex back, tapering, with a central triple groove panel (the two intervening ribs are probably notched). A 1.5mm deep slot for catchplate is visible in the break. Width 30mm, surviving length 49mm. Type as West Stow (WSW 002) no.160, also LMD 074 etc.

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Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 30 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK OTLEY

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
West, S.E. 1990 West Stow: The Prehistoric and Romano-British Occupations Suffolk East Anglian Archaeology no.160

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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