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BROOCH
Unique ID: CORN-A467BE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete cast copper alloy Western variant of a Roman Colchester derivative hinged brooch. One wing has partially broken off and most of the lower part of the brooch is missing, along with the foot, catchplate and pin. The arms are hollow, tubular to hold the axial bar for the hinge, and quite wide in proportion to the size of the brooch. The one complete arm has an expanded bulbous terminal with a flattened end. The head of the brooch is notched to hold the hinge for the pin. There is a fragment of the hinge mechanism remaining below the slot in the hollow back of the bow. The upper bow of the brooch is wide and flat and undecorated apart from an annulet punched in the centre of the bow. Found close to another Roman brooch recorded in record CORN-FBFE77.
Butcher (Cornish Archaeology 53, 2014, p.6, fig.5, no.5) illustrates a similar brooch from Nornour with a wide head, minimal decoration, expanded arms and the pin housed in a narrow tube, and describes it as a western version of a Colchester derivative. One such example is described as 'not later than Flavian'.
A similar example of a Roman brooch with wings with expanded bulbous terminals is recorded in SOMDOR-22DD41
Class:
Colchester derivative
Sub class: Western variant
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Exactly AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2018 - Thursday 31st May 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tywardreath and Par (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0855
Four figure Latitude: 50.36350774
Four figure longitude: -4.700922
1:25K map: SX0855
1:10K map: SX05SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher, S. | 2014 | The Roman Brooches from Nornour, Isles of Scilly | Bristol | 4word Ltd. | p.6, fig.5 | no.5 |
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