DOR-A42D85: Late Iron Age to early Roman strip bow brooch fragment.

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BROOCH

Unique ID: DOR-A42D85

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment of copper alloy strip bow brooch. A section of the flat, tapering bow only remaining. The bow tapers towards the lower break and is decorated with three equally spaced longitudinal grooves. The rear is undecorated. The brooch has a flat, rectangular cross section.
Date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman - c. AD 25 - 75
Dimensions: 35.29 mm x 10.24 mm x 1.24 mm
Weight: 2.11 g

Class: Strip Bow

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 75

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.29 mm
Width: 10.24 mm
Thickness: 1.24 mm
Weight: 2.11 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 017585

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

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: ST9210
Four figure Latitude: 50.8894284
Four figure longitude: -2.11510635
1:25K map: ST9210
1:10K map: ST91SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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

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