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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF880

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy brooch fragment, Polden Hill variant type. Arms and bow stub only, very corroded. Spring was held by rear hook and 7mm wide folded over arm ends. No surviving decoration, bow is rounded is section and has a strongly humped profile. Width 40mm, surv length 15mm

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Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 15 mm
Width: 40 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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Audit data

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

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