NARC-5EB18D: NARC-5EB18D : Brooch : Langton Down

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NARC-5EB18D

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy Brooch of Roman date (AD 25-65). The object is the lower portion of a Langton Down type brooch. The object comprises the lower portion of the bow, which is rectangular in form, triangular in section and with a rounded foot. It has moulded decoration a central vertical rib decorated with narrow vertical grooves or flutes on the edges. On the back face of the foot is an integrally cast catchplate. This is triangular in form with a folded outer edge that. It has an openwork centre aperture which is triangular in shape.

The metal is a light green in colour with a slightly pitted patina

Length: 45.59mm, Width: 8.41mm, Thickness: 5.87mm, Thickness (with catchplate): 16.14mm,Length (of catchplate): 27.74mm, Width (of catchplate): 6.83mm, Weight: 11.8g

Hattatt, 2012, P 306, No 771

Class: Langton Down

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 65

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45.59 mm
Width: 8.41 mm
Thickness: 5.87 mm
Weight: 11.8 g

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Titchmarsh (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL0377
Four figure Latitude: 52.38135886
Four figure longitude: -0.48818007
1:25K map: TL0377
1:10K map: TL07NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	2000	A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches	Oxford	Oxbow Books	306	771

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Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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