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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR1249

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Fragment of copper alloy plate-headed brooch. Head and part of the bow only. There is a large oval plate at the head, behind this is a rectilinear recess in the head surrounded by a projecting rectilinear frame. This formed the housing for the axis bar and pin mechanism. The bow projects forwards at the lower front of the plate. It has a pointed oval section, curves downwards and tapers slightly. Above the break in the bow it is decorated with 3 semi-circular cross mouldings (the central larger than the two flanking it).

Notes:

PAL 897

Class: Bow brooch
Sub class: Trumpet derivative/plate headed

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 36.32 mm
Width: 21.51 mm
Thickness: 7.01 mm
Weight: 7.71 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 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: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: SOMERSET STAWELL

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Hattatt, R. 2000 A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches Oxford Oxbow Books 33/fig 189 1531

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Audit data

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

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