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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-E0A764
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Roman cast copper alloy T shape brooch dating to AD 43 - 100. It consists of the damaged head (most of one wing missing) with complete head loop, and the upper part of the bow. The hinge mechanism is in place with a short section (8.90mm) of pin which is circular in section. The loop is 8.14mm in diameter, the bow 8.73mm where it leaves the head and tapering to 7mm at the break which is 16mm below the base of the loop. The bow is flat in section and c1.73mm thick. There are two parallel grooves in the length of the bow, leaving a pronounced central ridge, terminating 8.62mm below the base of the loop.
The fragment is 22.27mm in length and 14.11m in width (across the damaged head). It weighs 2.89g.
A parallel can be found in Hattatt 2012 p304 fig163 no401.
Class: T shape
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Exactly AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.27 mm
Width: 14.11 mm
Weight: 2.89 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2016 - 83
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Kingston Deverill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8734
Four figure Latitude: 51.10514915
Four figure longitude: -2.18705796
1:25K map: ST8734
1:10K map: ST83SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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