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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: NMGW-38CEC7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-one-piece type and of 1st century AD date
The brooch is near-complete but distorted, missing the catch-plate (with a length of 46.7mm, a distorted length of 64.8mm, depth of 13.7mm, and a weight of 8.4g). The spring is complete but one half is distorted above the head. The spring coils three-times each side of the centre (with a width of 5.7mm and a diameter of 6.5mm) and the chord is tensioned by a rearward facing hook at the head. The spring is positioned behind short rectangular wings (with a width of 13.0mm). The bow is of rounded, sub-rectangular section with straight sides gradually converging to the pointed foot (with a maximum width and thickness of 5.2mm and 3.2mm respectively). There is now no discernible decoration surviving on the bow. The catch-plate survives as a jagged plate on the rear of the leg (with a length of 18mm, a thickness of 0.4mm and a surviving height of 2.1mm). The original surface has been lost with a dark brown surface corrosion.
Class: bow brooch of Colchester-one-piece type
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.7 mm
Width: 5.7 mm
Weight: 8.4 g
Diameter: 6.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2013.73.2
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ogbourne St. George (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1475
Four figure Latitude: 51.47379214
Four figure longitude: -1.79982044
1:25K map: SU1475
1:10K map: SU17NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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