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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMGW-8D97F2
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status: Published 
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Dolphin or Polden Hill type and dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the lower bow, the majority of the wings and the spring. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by either a rearward claw or a Polden Hill arrangement, since the wing terminals no longer survive it is now difficult to determine which type of arrangement was used. The head of the bow is comparatively large (12.5x14.5mm) and was decorated with a central raised V-shaped crest, possibly covered in punched marks. The bow has a D-shaped section and emerges from the head in a straight projection, as apposed to the more common curved 'dolphin' profile, and possibly lends weight to the brooch being of Polden Hill type.
Class: Polden Hill / Dolphin
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: 33.3 mm
Width: 19.7 mm
Thickness: 12.5 mm
Weight: 11.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2003
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.13
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Pembrokeshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Pembrokeshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llanstadwell (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SM9506
Four figure Latitude: 51.715169
Four figure longitude: -4.968963
1:25K map: SM9506
1:10K map: SM90NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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