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BROOCH

Unique ID: SWYOR-ADBE22

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment of a Roman brooch; headstud type probably, dating from 75 - 200 AD. Only the head of the brooch survives. It is 11.1mm long, 18.8mm wide and 8.9mm thick. It weighs 4.52gm. There is a tubular housing for the copper alloy axis bar, which would have extended into a head loop. A tiny fragment of the copper alloy hinged pin survives. There is a vertical ridge on the front of the brooch; a pseudo forward hook. The front of the wings are decorated with three lozenge shaped cells of blue enamel between vertical grooves on each wing.

Class: Headstud

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 11.1 mm
Width: 18.8 mm
Thickness: 8.9 mm
Weight: 4.52 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 2010 - Monday 12th April 2010

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1101

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Sykehouse (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE6417
Four figure Latitude: 53.645603
Four figure longitude: -1.033334
1:25K map: SE6417
1:10K map: SE61NW
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

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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