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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL2256
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Cast copper alloy Wirral type bow brooch dating from the 2nd cenury AD.
In corroded and incomplete condition. The stepped head has transverse mouldings, the head loop is missing. The upper part of the bow has three longitudinal cells which contain traces of yellow and red enamel. They would have been filled with alternating colours giving a chequerboard effect. Below these panels is a small worn projecting round boss. The leg is mostly missing but would have tapered towards the foot.
Class: Wirral
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: 33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2002
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Acton Bridge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ5775
Four figure Latitude: 53.270235
Four figure longitude: -2.646213
1:25K map: SJ5775
1:10K map: SJ57NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philpott, R. | 1999 | A Romano-British Brooch Type From North-Western and Northern England |
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