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BROOCH
Unique ID: NCL-EDED84
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper-alloy umbonate brooch of 1st-3rd century date.
The body of the brooch is a convex, circular hub or boss shape with two lugs for a hinge pin projecting from one edge. The opposite edge has a projecting appendage for a catchplate, lending the appearance of a slight drop-shape to the brooch when viewed in plan. The face of the brooch is decorated with a flower with four copper-alloy petals, a red enamel ring in the centre and set in a blue enamel field. The hinge-pin is missing.
A similar brooch can be found illustrated in Mackreth (2011, Pl. 109; no. 11588).
Class: Umbonate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.84 mm
Width: 17.19 mm
Thickness: 4.41 mm
Weight: 3.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2010 - Wednesday 16th June 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Harbottle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NT9604
Four figure Latitude: 55.330039
Four figure longitude: -2.064595
1:25K map: NT9604
1:10K map: NT90SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackreth, D.F. | 2011 | Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 109 | 11588 |
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