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BROOCH

Unique ID: SWYOR-271DD4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast, copper alloy Roman brooch; T shaped type, dating fom the 2nd century. It is 72.4mm long, 19.1mm wide and 17.9mm thick. The brooch may have had a head loop, but this broken off and missing. The hinged pin (also missing) articulated with an iron axis bar in a tubular housing behind the head. The bow is fairly flate. The front is convex and the reverse is hollowed. There is a sharp change of angle near the head and then a flat front to the bow. This is decorated with a vertical wide groove, with short narrow grooves out to the side at the corners; two at each corner, making a saltire cross over the bow. There are also tiny traces of silvering on the bow. There are some cracks in the bow where it has been bent. The foot is a simple forward projecting disc. Most of the catchplate is missing. The brooch has a dark brown patina with patches of grey green. Compare to number 409 on page 305 of Hattatt's Visual Catalogue.

Class: T shaped

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 72.4 mm
Width: 19.1 mm
Thickness: 17.9 mm
Weight: 18.67 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th January 2010 - Tuesday 11th May 2010

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1111

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Kirkby Overblow (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE2947
Four figure Latitude: 53.918337
Four figure longitude: -1.559948
1:25K map: SE2947
1:10K map: SE24NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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