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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR414

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper alloy Polden Hill brooch. Semi-cylindrical wings housing spring mechanism. Chord held in place by a rectangular pierced lug at the head of the brooch. Axis bar for the spring passes through a lower piercing in the lug. The head and tapering bow are decorated with a raised triangular central rib from which the lug protrudes. The rid has a central groove with a band of lateral incised lines either side. The rib extends to about half the length of bow which tapers sharply to a foot knob. The foot knob has a flange above and is pointed. There is a small catchplate at the back with a triangular pierced hole. Pin is missing. Originally silvered/tinned.

Notes:

PAL 1127

Class: Polden Hill

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 12 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
Decoration method: Incised
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Spatial metadata

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

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. 1982 Ancient and Romano-British brooches Sherborne Dorset Publishing

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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