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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR1041

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy T-shaped/tapering bow brooch. Broken chain loop at the head. Tubular wings housing an iron axis bar for the copper alloy hinged pin (looped end only survives). Head is a rectangular, longitudinal panel decorated with triangular and lozenge recesses for enamel (wide triangle at the top and bottom with two lozenge recesses between). At the base of this panel is a transverse moulded ridge. Below this is a large "acanthus" style knob. Below is the leg with two transverse ridges at the top. The leg is otherwise undecorated and tapers into a stepped foot. At the back is a large catchplate The back of the brooch is hollowed behind the head and knob.

Notes:

PAL 1441

Class: Bow brooch
Sub class: T-shaped

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 58.34 mm
Width: 24.97 mm

Discovery dates

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

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: DORSET PENTRIDGE

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Hattatt, R. 1985 Iron Age and Roman Brooches Oxford Oxbow Books 387

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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