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BROOCH
Unique ID: LANCUM-CA227C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy possible Roman plate brooch dating to AD 80-150. The plate is rectangular in shape, with a solid raised border running around the edge. The brooch is divided into three panels depicting a wolf flanked by two birds. On the inside of the panels is blue enamel with the surface of the light green copper alloy patina showing through.
On the reverse Is the remains of the attachment. On one side there is the catchplate, this is rectangular in shape with the outer edge curved over to hold the now missing pin. On the opposite side is the remains of the pin hinge plate. This is square in shape and has a central circular perforation. The pin is missing. There is no decoration on the reverse.
The brooch has a dark green patina. The length is 56mm, the width is 32mm. No exact parallels were found for this object and it is possibly later in date.
Similar brooches can been seen in Hattatt 2000, page 349, numbers 584-585 and Mackreth 2011, page 124, numbers 14793 and 7886.
- Hattatt, R., 2000 A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches Oxford: Oxbow Books page 349, , numbers 584-585
- Mackreth, D.F., 2011 Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain Oxford: Oxbow Books page 124, , numbers 14793 and 7886.
Class: Plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 56 mm
Width: 32 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th September 2018 - Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Whalley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD7336
Four figure Latitude: 53.8195687
Four figure longitude: -2.41160173
1:25K map: SD7336
1:10K map: SD73NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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