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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMGW-4B36B1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.i1, flat wing ends type, West Midlands) and of 1st-mid 4th century AD date The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow and has a surviving length of 29.1mm, a depth at the head of 15.4mm and has a weight of 8.5g. The copper alloy spring was secured with a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings have a width of 18.5mm. The terminals are expanded and are angled slightly to the rear. The expand terminal is decorated with an incised vertical line. The bow has a width of 8.1mm at the head and has a decorative curved moulding. The upper bow is of D-shaped section with straight sides converging towards the break. The bow is decorated with prominent diagonal ribs on each side of a recessed central groove. At the top of the vertical groove, near the head, there is the suggestion of a surviving inlay, possibly enamel, now green-brown. The remnants of the top of the catch-plate are evident on the rear of the bow, above the break. The metal surface is well preserved with a dark-green patina and surviving areas of tinning or silvering.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.i1, flat wing ends type, West Midlands)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, 4.i1. Plate 47.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 60
Date to: AD 350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.1 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Weight: 8.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th April 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2007.78.1
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Carmarthenshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Carmarthenshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cynwyl Gaeo (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SN6838
Four figure Latitude: 52.024664
Four figure longitude: -3.925281
1:25K map: SN6838
1:10K map: SN63NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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