WAW-26EC95: WAW-26EC95 Two views of a Polden Hill type brooch. Roman.

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BROOCH

Unique ID: WAW-26EC95

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

The brooch is a Colchester Two-Piece brooch, a Polden Hill type. It has been made from cast copper alloy. Polden Hill type brooches date to the first century. Hattatt illustrates a similar brooch in Iron Age and Roman Brooches, No. 379.

The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with wing caps. The wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar, around which the spring is coiled. Due to hardened soil, it is not possible to see the coils. The pin is missing.

The bow head is hump-like but due to its poor condition it is not possible to see any decoration. The bow is semi-circular in section. At the apex of the bow there is a moulded sub-circular platform as decoration. The lower portion of the bow tapers to a blunt, possibly broken point. The catch plate is not visible suggesting the bow is broken.

The surface of the brooch has a patchy mid green patina. It weighs 9.6g, and measures 19.8mm wide and 37.8mm long.

Class: Colchester Two Piece
Sub class: Polden Hill

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date to: AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 37.8 mm
Width: 19.8 mm
Weight: 9.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2004

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Longdon (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO8140
Four figure Latitude: 52.058051
Four figure longitude: -2.278527
1:25K map: SO8140
1:10K map: SO84SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	1985	Iron Age and Roman Brooches	Oxford	Oxbow Books		No. 379

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Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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