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BROOCH

Unique ID: WAW-7C57AD

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Chap. 3, Part 3, Group 5, ADc. 75-400. The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical undecorated wings which are incomplete. The axis bar, pin and spring are missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is the trace of an integral hook. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. There are no mouldings on the side of the bow head. The bow is oval in section, undecorated and tapers to a broken terminal. The break is not too recent.

The surface of the brooch has an incomplete light green patina.

It measures 32.29mm in length, 22.51mm in width, and weighs 11.28g.

This is probably a Polden Hill type which Mackreth classifies as Group 5 dating to late 1st to 4th century.

Mackreth, D. F. 2011 Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain Volume 1 Oxford: Oxbow Books

Class: Polden Hill
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Chap. 3, Part 3, Group 5

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.29 mm
Width: 22.51 mm
Weight: 11.28 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2018 - Thursday 25th October 2018

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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: Warwickshire (County)
District: Rugby (District)
Parish or ward: Ryton-on-Dunsmore (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP3972
Four figure Latitude: 52.34469467
Four figure longitude: -1.42893581
1:25K map: SP3972
1:10K map: SP37SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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