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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR413

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy strip brooch with characteristics of Colchester type but with separate pin (Colchester B). Remnants or chord at top fixed in place by tab bent forward onto head. One short strip wing remains. Flattened bow with four longitudinal grooves. Two either side of a central rib decorated with a rope pattern. Bow tapers gently to a pointed foot. Large catch plate at the back.

Notes:

PAL 1105

Class: Bow brooch
Sub class: Colchester B

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 75

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 67 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 1999

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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: Weymouth and Portland (District)
To be known as: Weymouth

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 26-30

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Audit data

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

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