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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-A53256
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type 2/3, Group 2.b2, flat wing ends, Plate 45)and of 1st century AD date.
The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 11.2mm and a weight of 4.4g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now lost, which was secured between perforated lugs at the ends of the semi-cylindrical wings (with a width of 36.4mm and a thickness of 3.7mm), in a Polden Hill type arrangement. At the top of the head is a stub, possibly from a hook to secure the chord or possibly from a chain-loop. The fronts of the wings are decorated with a pair of vertical lines flanking a rounded panel on each side, heavily worn in parts. The central area of the head is flat and appears the thin to the bow, where it has broken. The bow does not appear to have been angled from the head. The surface has a pale to mid-green patina.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type 2/3, Group 2.b2, flat wing ends, Plate 45)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 2.b2, Plate 45
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.2 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st July 2010 - Sunday 1st August 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2010.153.1
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Sully (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1668
Four figure Latitude: 51.404783
Four figure longitude: -3.209011
1:25K map: ST1668
1:10K map: ST16NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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