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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMGW-99A8D4
Object type certainty: Certain
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Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.i1, lanceolate motif, flat wing ends type, West Midlands) and 2nd-mid-3rd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a distorted length of 63.3mm and a weight of 17.8g). The spring mechanism is secured within a Polden Hill claw type arrangement. The wings have expanded terminals (with a width of 22.1mm) and are otherwise plain. The sides of the head have a low curved moulding (giving the head a width of 11.9mm). The bow is of D-shaped section with straight sides converging towards the foot. The bow is decorated with a central rib in sunken relief and enhanced with notches, now eroded. The rib is flanked with diagonal lentoid mouldings, which zigzag along each side of the bow. The catch-plate begins as a rib at the rear of the bow. The spherical foot-knob (with a diameter of 4.6mm) stems from a concave moulding at the base of the bow. The surface is well preserved, but eroded and has a pale green patina.
Notes:
The brooch can be paralleled with an example recorded by Hattatt (1985, p 84) found at Petersfield, Hampshire and of Hull's type 99. The brooch has similar decoration but differs in having a deep appendage between the head and the catch-plate and also differs in the treatment of the foot-knob.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.i1, lanceolate motif, flat wing ends type, West Midlands)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, 4.i1. Plate 47.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 120
Date to: AD 240
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 63.3 mm
Width: 22.1 mm
Weight: 17.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2007.201.18
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Monmouthshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Monmouthshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Caerwent (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST4492
Four figure Latitude: 51.624018
Four figure longitude: -2.810345
1:25K map: ST4492
1:10K map: ST49SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1985 | Iron Age and Roman Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books |
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