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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy toggle of late Iron Age date (c. 100 BC - c. AD 43). Length: 35.0mm; width: 11.1mm and 10.1mm thick. Weight: 14.67g.The toggle has a central sub-rectangular block which has a length of about 13.0mm, a width of 11.1mm and is 8.0mm thick. It has a vertical elongated oval-shaped hole in the centre. Protruding either side of the block there is a short circular sectioned arm. Each arm tapers slightly towards a dome-shaped terminal which has a maximum diameter of 10.0mm.The surfaces are largely covered with a mid-green patina. However, within the vertical hole the surfaces are corroded and have bright green powdery copper alloy corrosion products.Similar toggles have been recorded by Morna MacGregor. See: MacGregor, M. 1976. 'Early Celtic Art in North Britain'. no. 42 from Birrens and no. 45 from Wooden Eckford. Leicester University Press.
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