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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR1079

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Fragment of copper alloy T-shaped brooch (wings a part of the bow only). Tubular wings with a join visible along the top edge. Long central notch at the back suggests a hinged pin. The bow is wide at the head and tapers towards the missing foot. There is a diagonal notch either side of the head. The bow is decorated with four moulded longitudinal ridges. The bow is D sectioned.

Notes:

PAL 1445

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

Discovery dates

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

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: BERKSHIRE NEWBURY

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

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Audit data

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

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