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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR192

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy brooch. Short tubular wings housing axis bar for hinged pin. Part of pin remaining. Stub of broken chain loop at head of bow. Bow is steeply arched decorated with a raised central rib at the end of which is a raised stud. Stud is further from the head than usual and there are similarities with T-shaped brooches. Recessed for enamel with traces (white) remaining.

Notes:

PAL 1012

Class: BOW BROOCH
Sub class: HEADSTUD DERIVATIVE

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20.2 mm
Width: 20.82 mm
Diameter: 4.21 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 1999 - Tuesday 1st June 1999

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

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

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

References cited

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Audit data

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

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