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BROOCH

Unique ID: WAW-2C40F1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.a3., flat wing ends type, Western Group). The wings are semi-cylindrical with wing caps. Each cap has a central perforation which supports a copper alloy axis bar. Around the axis bar the spring is coiled, forming five incomplete coils, a pin, of which only approximately three-quarters of the pin remains, and a horizontal bar. This bar is held in place by a transverse groove on a vertical ridge decorating the bow head. The wings are undecorated. The bow head is hump-like in profile and decorated with a ridge, which is already mentioned. The bow head tapers gradually to form the bow which is oval in section. The bow is broken at approximately the mid point. The break is not recent. The bow is undecorated. The brooch has a mid green patina and measures 24.99mm long, 13.85mm wide and weighs 3.8g. The brooch is a Polden Hill type, which probably dates to c. 80 to 120 AD (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160). Bayley and Butcher go on to comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches is concentrated in the West Midlands.

Class: Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.a3., flat wing ends type, Western Group)

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 140

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 24.99 mm
Width: 13.85 mm
Weight: 3.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Inkberrow (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP0055
Four figure Latitude: 52.193239
Four figure longitude: -2.001418
1:25K map: SP0055
1:10K map: SP05NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S.	2004	Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection	London	The Society of Antiquaries	p. 160

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Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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