Find Spot record 7590 - Romano-British Find from Upton

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL-FAFCC5 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

Cast copper alloy Thealby type bow brooch. Bow is plano-convex in section. Short, deeply moulded cylindrical arms. Bow springs from a square plate with recessed moulding and integral head-loop. Hinge mechanism with fragment of pin remaining. the bow terminated with a flat based foot knob. The catch-plate extends three-quarters the length of the bow.

The type site for this brooch is Thealby in North West Lincolnshire (see 3). There are also examples from Richborough, Kent (see 4); and South Shields Roman Fort (see 5).

<2> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL-FAFCC5 (Web Site). SCH5176.

<3> Dudley, H, 1949, Early Days in North-West Lincolnshire; a Regional Archaeology (Book). SCH9475.

<4> Bush-Fox, J.P., 1926, First Report on the Excavations of the Roman Fort at Richborough, Kent (Book). SCH9476.

<5> Allason-Jones, L. & Miket, R., 1984, Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort (Monograph). SCH9131.