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BROOCH

Unique ID: SUR-8713FD

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A small Roman copper-alloy Polden Hill-type bow brooch. The spring is intact but the lower part of the bow and most of the catchplate are missing. The brooch has a central groove on the spine and there are alternating notches and rounded ridges on each side.

Class: Polden Hill

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: 23.28 mm
Width: 12.74 mm
Weight: 2.86 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 16-1269

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stockton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST9537
Four figure Latitude: 51.13225251
Four figure longitude: -2.07283604
1:25K map: ST9537
1:10K map: ST93NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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