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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: NMGW-651448
Workflow
status: Published 
Head fragment of a Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative,Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.j Plate 48. Dating to the late 1st-early 2nd century AD. The brooch is represented by the head with one of the wings only. The brooch employed a Polden Hill claw type arrangement to secure the spring. The wing is plain and has an expanded terminal. The bow carried comparatively heavy cast ornament consisting of opposing C scrolls at either side of the head, with ribs continuing down the bow from the lower end of the scroll. At the centre of the bow is a low groove. The bow has a D-shaped section and appears to have been tinned or silvered.
Class:
Colchester derivative,Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, 4.j Plate 48
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 80
Date to: AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.7 mm
Width: 18.3 mm
Thickness: 11.9 mm
Weight: 6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2003
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.11.3
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: Dymock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO6934
Four figure Latitude: 52.003565
Four figure longitude: -2.452997
1:25K map: SO6934
1:10K map: SO63SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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