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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-099D5C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman Polden Hill variant type brooch, c.f. Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 1d, Plate 44, AD c. 50-65: The copper alloy brooch is incomplete and is unusually a variant type. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with incomplete perforated wing cap. There is only a trace of the other wing. The wings are created by sheet copper alloy which has one terminal with a trace of a folded over to form the wing caps. The outer face of the wings is undecorated. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The bow is riveted to the wings with an integral rivet to the bow. The bowhead is rectangular in section and is slightly hump-like in profile. The bow head and bow are undecorated. The bow tapers to a blunt, broken point and is slightly bent. There is no trace of a catchplate.
The surface of the brooch is abraded and has traces of a light brown patina.
The brooch measures 35.78mm long, 18.7mm wide across the wings and weighs 2.78g.
Mackreth (2011;70) comments these type of brooches are found in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Wales, often found on military sites. WAW-D739E4 is a similar brooch.
Mackreth, D. F. 2011Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain Volume 1Oxford: Oxbow Books
Class:
Colchester derivative; Polden Hill, variant type, Part 3
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 1d, Plate 44
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 65
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.78 mm
Width: 18.7 mm
Weight: 2.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th September 2016 - Monday 3rd April 2017
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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: Shrawley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8165
Four figure Latitude: 52.28280941
Four figure longitude: -2.27993574
1:25K map: SO8165
1:10K map: SO86NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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