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BROOCH

Unique ID: LVPL457

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Head of crossbow brooch with three knobs. Broken at bow.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: Crossbow

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Width: 37 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 1998

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
To be known as: NORTH YORKSHIRE DUNSFORTHS

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Collingwood, R.G. 1930 The Archaeology of Roman Britain London Methuen & Co. Ltd. p257 Group T (No. 76)
Hattatt, R. 1987 Brooches of Antiquity: a third selection of brooches from the author's collection Oxford Oxbow Books pp282-288

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 25 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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