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Description: | An incomplete and heavily corroded cast copper alloy Roman brooch, probably of Polden Hill type. The brooch consists of the head, bow, a portion of the catchplate and a semi-cylindrical horizontal wing. There is also a hook on the top of the head. The wings would have held the bar, spring and pin, which are missing, although there is the remains of a perforated end cap on the extant wing (for a description of the Polden Hill type, see Bayley and Butcher, 2004, Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 33-34 and p159). There appears to be a disc-like flange where the wing meets the head. The bow, which is broadly D-shaped in section and has a humped profile, tapers towards the foot. The incomplete catchplate, against which the pin would have been secured, is at the rear of the base of the bow.
The hook between the wings forms the zenith of a raised linear decoration running down the centre of the head and bow. On the head, to one side of this median linear decoration, there appears to be two raised ??X?? design, one above the other (on the extant wing side). On the opposite side of the head there is a raised feature, though its precise shape is unclear due to the poor surface condition. There are three further raised features, possibly (pointed?) oval designs on one side of the bow of the brooch, in a vertical line. The brooch has a heavily corroded, uneven brown/green surface. The brooch measures 34.4mm long, 16.3mm wide and weighs 6.84g.
Bayley and Butcher (ibid. p159) explain that the Polden Hill type of brooch, ????exhibits a distinctive method of attaching the spring: it is carried in a semi-cylindrical crossbar which has closed ends to secure the axial rod, while the chord is held by a hook or crest on the head.?? Based on a review of literature, Worrell (2007) dates Polden Hill brooches to AD75-175. Bayley and Butcher (ibid. p 160) state that the main development of this type appears to have taken place in the West Midlands and that more recent finds have confirmed a concentration in this region. | Subjects: | Polden Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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