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BROOCH

Unique ID: DOR-D9F8D5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment of copper alloy finger ring. The stubs of the band are D-shaped in cross section. The shoulders a tapering to the band and undecorated. The bezel is thick and sub-circular. It is decorated with a sub-circular recessed band around a central reserve with two circular indentations set side by side. The recess and indentations may have contained enamel.
Date: Roman
Dimensions: 11.45 mm x 19.10 mm
Weight: 5.81 g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 25
Date to: Exactly AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19.1 mm
Weight: 5.81 g
Diameter: 11.45 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 019040

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Weymouth and Portland (District)
Parish or ward: Upwey and Broadwey (District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY6586
Four figure Latitude: 50.67260432
Four figure longitude: -2.49666338
1:25K map: SY6586
1:10K map: SY66SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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