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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-C348D8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy Roman brooch of developed T-shaped; Colchester derivative, hinged type. Large rectangular head plate surmounted buy a truncated head loop, at the rear of the head plate is a double pierced lug in order to mount the pin which is now missing. The bow is undecorated except for a small projecting lug at its apex and a grove running down either side. The lower part of the bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the catch plate.
Class:
Developed T-shaped
Sub class: Colchester derivative, hinged
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 4.33 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015 - Thursday 1st September 2016
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wraxall and Failand (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST4871
Four figure Latitude: 51.43559917
Four figure longitude: -2.74946067
1:25K map: ST4871
1:10K map: ST47SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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