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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR121

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Fragment of copper alloy brooch. Wings. Head and pin remain. Cylindrical wings housing axis bar for hinged pin. Head is decorated with incised lines forming triangles - solid and dotted lines - around a raised central rib. Below these is a small raised stud.

Notes:

PAL 119

Class: T-shaped

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.28 mm
Width: 26.18 mm
Weight: 7.83 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1998 - Friday 1st January 1999

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: SP6

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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: SOMDOR
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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