Record ID: BH-6F1264
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy Aesica variant brooch, dating from the 1st century AD. The brooch would have been of the sprung variety, the wings taking the form of a horizontal cylinder, joined on the underside. At either end this cylinder curves upwards, terminating in a sub-circular setting, one of which contains traces of an unidentified white material. The iron axis bar is visible within a central slit in the underside of the wings. It is at this point that the now-missing pin would have been hinged. The arched bow has straight, parallel sides at the top, each edge marked by a vertical g…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterbourne St. Martin', grid reference and parish protected.