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BROOCH
Unique ID: YORYM-A147C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch of late Iron age, early Roman date (AD 0-100). The brooch is a Colchester type, two piece brooch and retains its small rounded wings, it has a central forward facing hook which would have secured in place the head loop and pin and bow which has been bent roughly 180 degrees at approximately its central point. The head loop, pin and catch plate are all missing due to an old break.
The wings and bow are undecorated.
The metal is a light greenish colour
Hattatt, Pg 297, Fig 156, No 1455.
Length: 40.10mm
Width: 15.7mm
Thickness: 4.1mm
Weight: No weight has been recorded.
Notes:
The initial records and photographic images were taken at Bishop Burton 2011 Rally. We understand that the images fall below our usual standards, this however is due to the difficult conditions (predominantly the lack of ideal lighting conditions) under which they were taken. The recorder has done what is possible to raise the quality of the images before attaching them to the records.
As these finds were recorded at the Bishop Burton 2011 Rally, the individual recording them onto the PAS Database has not seen them and was not the primary identifier. Therefore for more in-depth, secondary identification, only the paper records written at the Rally and the photographic images were available to assist.
Class: Colchester Type
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.1 mm
Width: 15.7 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 23rd September 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Bishop Burton 23rd to 25th Sep 2011
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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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bishop Burton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9740
Four figure Latitude: 53.84719
Four figure longitude: -0.527076
1:25K map: SE9740
1:10K map: SE94SE
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 | 297 | 1455 |
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