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BROOCH
Unique ID: CORN-F8236F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, Dolphin brooch with just the lower bow, foot and part of the catchplate remaining and missing the main part of the bow, head, wings and pin. The fragment has the remains of worn zig-zag, leaf-like mouldings either side of a pair of central grooves running the length of the bow. The two grooves form the border either side of a moulded cabled pattern down the centre of the bow, which may have originally been enamelled, as on other examples recorded. The brooch looks like a worn version of a similar brooch found in Lanlivery which is a Dolphin-type brooch with pairs of leaf-like mouldings down each side of the bow. The leaf-like mouldings and central cabling are like examples of Dolphin and Polden Hill type brooches illustrated in Hattatt (2000) on pages 299-300, figs.158-159, nos.1518 & 380, which both date from the 1st century AD. But the closest local comparandum is a Dolphin-type brooch from the excavations at Carvossa, Probus, identified by Butcher in Carlyon, CAJ No.26, 1987, p.122, fig.7, no.19, and dated to the last quarter of the 1st century AD.
Class: Colchester derivative, Dolphin
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Height: 11 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 7.55 g
Diameter: 9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th May 2017 - Sunday 14th May 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hayle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5538
Four figure Latitude: 50.19122015
Four figure longitude: -5.43383351
1:25K map: SW5538
1:10K map: SW58NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlyon, P.M. | 1987 | Finds from the Earthwork at Carvossa | Redruth | Cornwall Archaeological Society | 122, fig.7 | no.19 | |
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 299-300, figs.158-159 | nos.1518 & 380 |
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