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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-09E2D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a late Iron Age to Early Roman, cast copper alloy brooch of the Birdlip type, dating from 50BC-50AD. Only the central part of the brooch remains, the top of the bow, the pin and the foot are missing and only a small part of the catchplate survives. The remaining portion of the upper part of the bow is triangular in section. Just below the break at the top is a semicircular collar, divided into two by a transverse groove. The lower part of the collar is wider than the upper part and is stepped. Below this is a constriction then a single moulded beak projecting forwards. A raised ridge then runs along the centre of the bow, which is otherwise undecorated. The remaining part of the catch plate starts behind the lower part of the collar and forms a ridge before expanding into a wider openwork plate. The fragment is 23.9mm long, 9.8mm wide and 9.3mm thick. It weighs 2.59gm.
Similar brooches are illustrated in Hattat, 2000, Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches, figure 154.
Class: Birdlip
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.9 mm
Width: 9.8 mm
Thickness: 9.3 mm
Weight: 2.59 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 29th February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Doncaster 00984
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Owersby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0596
Four figure Latitude: 53.450309
Four figure longitude: -0.42037
1:25K map: TF0596
1:10K map: TF09NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | figure 154 |
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