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Description: | A fragment of a possible Iron Age penannular brooch. The fragment is a 'C' shaped section of the brooch which includes the terminal. The terminal is flattened and is an elongated oval in section, and is expanded in width. The edges of the are abraded and therefore probably don't represent the original edge. The frame leaves the terminal becoming narrow and oval in section and decreases in width and depth until it reaches a broken terminal. This break did not occur too recently. The pin is missing. The surface of the brooch has a thick dark green patina with pitting. It measures 29.84mm long from terminal to terminal, 5.87mm wide at the flattened terminal. The brooch weighs 2.6g. The patina suggests the object is possibly dated to the prehistoric period and it is therefore probably dated to the late Iron Age to early Roman periods. Fowler (1960 'The Origins and Development of the Penannular Brooch in Europe' Proceedings of the Prehistoric society Vol. 26) illustrates a group of penannular brooches which have flattened terminals, Type H.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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