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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-8DEFA4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast, copper alloy Late Iron Age or Roman Colchester brooch dating from 25 - 60 AD. The bow of the brooch is oval in section, tapering to a point just below the catch plate, which has broken off and is missing. At the head of the bow are two short wings, each with three shallow, transverse grooves. The end of one of the wings has broken away and is missing. The wings are very thin. Above the wings is a short spur of metal, rectangular in section and tapering to a point. This is integral with the bow of the brooch and was the chord hook, which once bent forwards to lie on the head, but is now distorted and bent backwards. Beneath this, below the underside of the wings is a cast loop of metal, also integral to the bow of the brooch. This would have been the loop to hold the spring and pin which are missing. The brooch has a red brown patina. It is 37.2mm long, 13.8mm wide and 22.9mm thick. It weighs 7.2gm. See Hattatt's Visual Catalogue, page 297, number 1455.
Class: colchester
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.2 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Thickness: 22.9 mm
Weight: 7.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th November 2008 - Tuesday 3rd November 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Great Barford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL1152
Four figure Latitude: 52.155131
Four figure longitude: -0.378912
1:25K map: TL1152
1:10K map: TL15SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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 | 297 | 1455 |
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