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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR454

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy disc brooch. Flat back with hinge point and catchplate retained. Disc has six (evenly spaced) small projections/lugs around outer edge. Rim around edge with incised ring inside. Centre rises into a truncated conical boss. Around base of this is an incised ring. Top of cone is a concave cup-like recess with a central pin projection.

Notes:

PAL 1172

Class: British Dished Cone

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 31 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 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: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: DORSET POXWELL

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	147-149	as 539 & 540

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Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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