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BROOCH

Unique ID: WAW-1950BA

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Chapter 3, Part 3, Group 4b, c.f. Mackreth Type 4b, Plate 46, AD c. 75-400. The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical undecorated wings with incomplete, perforated wing caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is the trace of an integral hook. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. There are slight mouldings on the side of the bow head. The bow is D-shaped in section and tapers to a expanded circular foot which has a wide pellet at the base. On the reverse there is a trace of the catchplate.

The surface of the brooch has an incomplete light green patina.

It measures 56.79mm in length, 30.35mm in width, and weighs 25.47g.

Mackreth classifies this type as Group 4b dating to late 1st to 4^th century and they are distributed from Derbyshire down to Gloucestershire. Plate 46, No. 1897 is very similar.

Mackreth, D. F. 2011 Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain Volume 1 Oxford: Oxbow Books

Class: Colchester derivative, Polden Hill
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Chapter 3, Part 3, Group 4.b

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 56.79 mm
Width: 30.35 mm
Weight: 25.47 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th July 2017 - Thursday 26th October 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: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Ombersley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO8563
Four figure Latitude: 52.26495356
Four figure longitude: -2.22121199
1:25K map: SO8563
1:10K map: SO86SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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