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BROOCH

Unique ID: WAW-2B18CE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Roman (70 - 200 AD) brooch: An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative, double lug, Harlow style brooch 100% of the brooch is present. The wings are semi-cylindrical with no caps. The exterior of the wings are decorated with three vertical ridges on either side of the bow head. In the centre of the interior of the wings there is a perforated vertical lug, with two perforations, through the lower perforation the copper alloy axis bar passes. The spring is coiled around the axis bar ten times and the chord passes through the upper perforation. The pin is complete and tapers to a sharp point.

The bow head is hump-like, and has prominent ridge which is sited on a triangular platform which tapers down the bow to the truncated bow foot. The catchplate has a prominent ridge on the upper edge and has two triangular openwork perforations.

The brooch measures 61.03mm length, is 32.97mm width across wings and 22.81mm thick. It weighs 25.8 grams.

The brooch has a dark brown patina and is in very good condition.

A similar brooch is illustrated in Mackreth, Plate 32 No. 11498, and is classified as Chap 3, Part 1 Group 1b dating to c. 70 to 200.

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

Class: Colchester derivative, double lug, Harlow
Sub class: Mackreth, 2011, Chap 3, Part 1 Group 1b

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 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 61.03 mm
Width: 32.97 mm
Thickness: 22.81 mm
Weight: 25.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th August 2017 - Sunday 6th August 2017

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Stroud (District)
Parish or ward: Slimbridge (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO7302
Four figure Latitude: 51.71607265
Four figure longitude: -2.39221765
1:25K map: SO7302
1:10K map: SO70SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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