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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-FB2D30
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete, plain, Colchester bow brooch. Copper alloy with a moderately long forward facing chord hook surviving, along with a short length of the integral spring. The bow section is oval and undecorated. The catchplate is missing, cut or snapped close to the bow. Length from wings to foot 42mm. Similar to Bayley and Butcher (2004 62 no. 49).
Class: Colchester
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 12 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Beedon Pocock CA 16
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Beedon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. | 2004 | Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection | London | The Society of Antiquaries | 62 | 49 |
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