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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-A1ABB6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.c, flat wing ends type, Western Group) of 1st -2nd century AD date.
The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 28.3mm, a surviving depth of 11.4mm and a weight of 9.1g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, secured by perforated lugs at the ends of the wings (Polden Hill type arrangement). A perforated lug above the head, now broken tensioned the chord. Only one of the wings survives (with a surviving width of 24.4mm) and has an expanded terminal (7.1mm diameter) and a decorative vertical notched rib, flanked by grooves midway along the wing. The upper bow has stepped mouldings on the sides (giving the bow a width at the head of 12.0mm) and is of D-shaped section (with a thickness of 4.8mm). Beneath the side mouldings the bow is of oval section, with straight sides converging to the break. The lug above the head continues as a V-shaped moulding is flanked by a less prominent V-shaped moulding. No decoration is now evident lower on the bow. The brooch has a pale green patina.
The brooch corresponds with Hull's type 103, as defined by Hattatt (1987, p 100-104) , with a distribution centred around the Lower Severn.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.c, flat wing ends type, Western Group)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, 5.c. Plate 50
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 110
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.3 mm
Weight: 9.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 19th June 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2009.218.10
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: Dymock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7031
Four figure Latitude: 51.976649
Four figure longitude: -2.438166
1:25K map: SO7031
1:10K map: SO73SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1987 | Brooches of Antiquity: a third selection of brooches from the author's collection | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 100-1004 |
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