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BROOCH
Unique ID: DOR-A405FD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper alloy bow brooch of Hod Hill type. A Hod Hill type with short side wings. At the head is the remnant of the folded tabs to house the axis bar for a missing hinged pin.There are traces of iron corrosion, probably from the axis bar. The bow is narrowed from the head with a transverse moulded ridge beyond which it expands into a lozengiform plate with remnants of side knops and decorated with vertical grooves. The leg of the bow extends from the lower point of this plate. It is narrowed and has a transverse moulded ridge before tapering a little to the break. The upper part of the bow is a very slightly plano-convex, but the leg is oval in cross section. There are traces of a white metal coating on the front surface of the brooch
Date: Early Roman - c. AD 43 - 75
Dimensions: 30.67 mm x 13.12 mm x 1.73 mm
Weight: 1.29 g
Class: Hod Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.67 mm
Width: 13.12 mm
Thickness: 1.73 mm
Weight: 1.29 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017585
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Tarrant Hinton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9311
Four figure Latitude: 50.89843398
Four figure longitude: -2.10090885
1:25K map: ST9311
1:10K map: ST91SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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