LVPL-9FB351: Copper alloy Dolphin brooch dating from c.75-175 AD

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LVPL-9FB351

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy Dolphin brooch dating from c.75-175 AD. Only the wings and the top of the bow remain, it has broken well before the foot. It is a hinged type but the pin and axis bar are missing. The wings are long and cylindrical. The bow narrows as it goes towards the end. It has a central raised ridge running down it.

Class: Colchester derivative, Hinged
Sub class: Mackreth (2011) CD H 5.c Plate 58

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 23.5 mm
Width: 34 mm
Weight: 5.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th November 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Kimbolton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL1067
Four figure Latitude: 52.290133
Four figure longitude: -0.388651
1:25K map: TL1067
1:10K map: TL16NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
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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Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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