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BROOCH

Unique ID: DUR-44FA32

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy trumpet brooch dating to the Roman period, 1st-2nd centuries AD. The brooch is missing the pin however, the rest of the brooch is present. The head is oval in shape with a circular loop attached that would have held the pin in place. There is a curved bow with moulded decoration about halfway down. The foot is circular in shape with an incised line around the circumference and the catchplate is present and complete. The metal is green in colour with some mottled lighter areas. It weighs 13.2g and measures 61.71mm in length. See Hattatt, R. (2000) A visual catalogue of Ancient Brooches, Oxbow: 326: fig. 185, no. 81.

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: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 61.71 mm
Width: 17.14 mm
Weight: 13.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th February 2012 - Tuesday 8th May 2012

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Well (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE2681
Four figure Latitude: 54.22406
Four figure longitude: -1.60272
1:25K map: SE2681
1:10K map: SE28SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	326	81

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Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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