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BROOCH

Unique ID: WILT-7C1D3C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment of a Roman copper alloy probable Colchester derivative brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-150. The surviving fragment comprises of the lower bow and foot only, with the upper bow lost to an old break. The bow tapers into a pointed foot, with an integral, unperforated sub-triangular catch plate projecting from the reverse, with pin rest leaning to the right. The bow of the brooch is undecorated.

Length 29.5mm; width 2.2mm; thickness 10.2mm; weight 1.74g.

Class: Colchester derivative

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29.5 mm
Width: 2.2 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 1.74 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 5416

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Melksham Without (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST8962
Four figure Latitude: 51.35696307
Four figure longitude: -2.15936063
1:25K map: ST8962
1:10K map: ST86SE
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

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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