GLO-190E29: GLO-190E29 Roman Headstud Brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: GLO-190E29

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy brooch probable Wirral type. The head of the brooch is truncated. The remaining bow has a moulded knee with a ring and dot motif on the top, above the knee has are two vertical ridges. Below the knee is a central crest that runs the rest of the length of the bow with a double knop on either side at the foot. On the reverse that catch plate is closed.

Class: Wirral

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 7 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight: 5.09 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014 - Thursday 1st January 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: Woolaston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST6099
Four figure Latitude: 51.68832145
Four figure longitude: -2.58003527
1:25K map: ST6099
1:10K map: ST69NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: GLO
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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