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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-578A48
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type. Rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings would have held the pin axis bar, the spring and pin are missing. The wings are decorated with two recessed vertical at their ends. There is a loop at the top of the head that holds the external cord of the spring, this then extends down the front of the head forming a short crest, flanking the head are expanded shoulders. The bow is truncated at its mid-section resulting in the loss of the catch plate.
Class: Polden Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 5.73 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2017 - Thursday 1st June 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wraxall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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