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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-84A624
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman brooch, possibly a T-shaped type: The copper alloy brooch is fragmentary; it has cylindrical wings with a vertical slot on the reverse to allow for the pin, which is missing. The wings contain an iron axis bar. The bow protrudes from the lower edge of the plate, on the outer face which is a slender trapezoid, but is only a trace. The bow tapers to a broken edge. None of the breaks are recent.
The surface of the brooch has an incomplete matte green patina.
The brooch measures 12.77mm long, 25.08mm wide and weighs 3.76g.
The type of brooch is a T-shaped type when considering the cylindrical housing for the axis bar, which probably dates to the 2nd century.
Class: T-shaped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.77 mm
Width: 25.08 mm
Weight: 3.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 28th May 2016 - Sunday 28th May 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Maperton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST6727
Four figure Latitude: 51.0413999
Four figure longitude: -2.47207113
1:25K map: ST6727
1:10K map: ST62NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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