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BROOCH

Unique ID: SOMDOR712

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Fragment of T-shaped brooch with saw-tooth edges. Small section of the bow only. Bow is decorated with lozenges formed from stamped dots.

Notes:

PAL 651

Class: Bow brooch
Sub class: T-shaped

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.34 mm
Width: 9.07 mm
Thickness: 3.11 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 1999 - Tuesday 1st February 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: SOMERSET SOUTH PETHERTON

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 less than 0.25 m

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 304 as 933

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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