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BROOCH

Unique ID: WMID-E006AC

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type brooch dating to the Roman period (c. AD 75-175). The brooch has a complete set of wings, decorated with double veritcal incised lines at either wing tip. The reverse of the head is concave to accommodate the complete spring. The top loop of the spring is secured with the remains of the lug at the top of the head of the brooch. From the head the bow arches downwards and terminates in a worn break at the start of the remains of the open-work catchplate. The rest of the catchplate and the foot of the brooch are missing. There is a central raised rib running from the top of the head down the middle of the bow, tapering out roughly one third of the way down the bow. The pin is intact and has been bent slightly out of shape. The brooch has a light green patina.

Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt (2012: 300, no. 26) and Mackreth (2011: 53, no. 1603).

The overall dimensions are as follows: 34.11mm in length, 16.08mm in width, 10.71mm in thickness and 4.51g in weight.

Class: Colchester Derivative, 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 75
Date to: Circa AD 175

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34.11 mm
Width: 16.08 mm
Thickness: 10.71 mm
Weight: 4.51 g

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Albrighton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SJ7803
Four figure Latitude: 52.62431132
Four figure longitude: -2.3264292
1:25K map: SJ7803
1:10K map: SJ70SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	2000	A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches	Oxford	Oxbow Books	p. 300	no. 26
Mackreth, D.F.	2011	Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain	Oxford	Oxbow Books	vol. 2, p. 53	no. 1603

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Updated: 5 years ago

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