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BROOCH
Unique ID: BERK-A659F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An unusual cast copper alloy brooch, probably dating from the Middle Iron Age. The brooch has a domed sub-lozenge shaped body, hollow on the underside, with four solid, domed knops at each outer upper and lower corner of the body. On the reverse is the remains of an integrally cast catchplate and pin hinge; the pin is missing. No direct comparison for this brooch can be found in the usual literature, although it is identical to one other brooch recorded on this database (BERK-8C4F34). The brooch does share similarities with Middle Iron Age brooches illustrated in Hattatt (2000: 287 no's 721,1444 and 1441), and four brooches with similar attributes are recorded on this database (see WAW-DD1642, BERK-4EFFC6, BERK-FSAF04 & BUC-3E10D0), forming a small corpus of what appears to be a style of brooch limited in distribution to Berkshire / Oxfordshire area. Should this brooch be a derivative of those depicted in Hattatt, then this brooch would date from c.5th to 3rd centuries BC.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Class: Adams type 2Bb2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 500 BC
Date to: Circa 200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.7 mm
Width: 17.54 mm
Thickness: 8.2 mm
Weight: 14.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Friday 9th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.789
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Besselsleigh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4602
Four figure Latitude: 51.71485118
Four figure longitude: -1.33557803
1:25K map: SP4602
1:10K map: SP40SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books |
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