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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-906922
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age or Roman brooch dating to 200 BC - AD 200. The catchplate is incomplete and the pin is missing. The brooch is broadly lozenegeform in plan and is formed on the front face from four concave circular recesses, the two main circular sections are 8.7mm in diameter and are flanked by two smaller circular projections to the top and bottom which are 6.7mm in diameter. The two main sections both contain a circular perforation in the centre which would have contained a rivet to hold the now missing inlay. The two smaller projections have similar perforations, the rivet and inlay survive. The inlay is black and has a matt appearance. The reverse is concave and consists of a central square with four semi circular projections, one located at each of the cardinal points. To the top of the brooch are two lugs which would have held the now missing spring and pin. The catchplate is missing although the remants of the catchplate are visible at the bottom of the brooch.
The brooch is 22.15mm in length, 21.7mm wide, 8.75mm thick and weighs 6.26 grams.
No direct parallel can be found in Hattatt
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 200 BC
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.15 mm
Width: 21.7 mm
Thickness: 8.75 mm
Weight: 6.26 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4810
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with other or unknown
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Clyffe Pypard (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0876
Four figure Latitude: 51.48289907
Four figure longitude: -1.8861853
1:25K map: SU0876
1:10K map: SU07NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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