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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL-727723
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
In a generally corroded condition and incomplete. The unusual feature of this particular example is the rectangular or square head plate from which the circular trumpet head emanates. The head plate is incomplete but is assumed to have supported an integral head loop. At the back of the trumpet mouth are the corroded remains of what appears to be a hinge mechanism. At the junction of the bow and the leg is a large plain swelling or flattened bead. The bead is defined by a transverse groove above and below and does not extend around the back of the bow. On the leg just beneath the bead is a small boss or stud. The leg is plano-convex in section and on the back and extending up to the back of the bow is a low median rib. Only a fragment of the catchplate remains and the foot is missing.
Notes:
The stepped head is reminiscent of the ‘Wirral’ type brooch. Philpott (1999) in his study of Wirral type brooches cites a then unique trumpet brooch with a stepped head from Heswall as being presumably from the same workshop or craftsman. This then is the second recorded example of this type of brooch.
Class: Trumpet
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: AD 75
Date to: AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Conwy (Unitary Authority)
District: Conwy (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Colwyn Bay (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SH8478
Four figure Latitude: 53.286234
Four figure longitude: -3.74151
1:25K map: SH8478
1:10K map: SH87NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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