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BROOCH

Unique ID: WMID2368

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

The wings of the brooch are semi-cylindrical with wing caps. The wing caps support an axis bar around which a spring is formed. The pin of the brooch is missing. The bow head is flat and angular compared to a hump-like bow head. The bow is absent from below the wings. At the apex of the bow head is a hook through which a length of the spring transverses from each wing cap.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: Colchester Two-Piece Brooch

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 15.78 mm
Width: 22.52 mm
Weight: 6.19 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st July 2000

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
To be known as: HEREFORD AND WORCESTER LONGDON

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

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Audit data

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

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