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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy bow brooch of probable late Iron Age or early Roman date (100BC - 300AD). The head of the brooch is unusually and consists of a recessed socket, which may have held an axis bar and pin (now both loss). The preservation of the head is relatively poor and the socket has been heavily abraded. The head extends into the bow of the brooch and tapers along its length. The profile of the bow elegantly curved (broadly comma shaped). The bow is broadly D shaped in cross section. It extends to a blunted heavily abraded foot with the remnants of a catch-plate on its inner edge. The catch-plate is formed from a rectangular central rib that begins below the curve of the bow on the reverse side. This rib expands and would probably have been triangular in profile, with one side being slightly concave.The brooch measures 44.6mm length, 7.5mm width (across head), 6.6mm width across bow, is 6.1mm thick across the bow, and weighs 8.05 grams. The brooch is relatively plain with very few if any decorative motifs. It is possible that some of the corrosion pock-marks on the bow may conceal, or have destroyed, the pattern on this brooch. The brooch is a grey- green colour with an even but much abraded patina. Where abrasion has occurred it is most evident on the external faces of the brooch. Movement in the plough soil has also distorted the profile of the brooch especially the head. A direct parallel or form for this brooch has not been found. It bears some similarities with late Iron Age brooches, but these are usually sprung, it also bares some similarity with the foot of crossbow brooches, however the head does not seem right for this type. The uncertainty has meant that the date range is relatively large. It is possible that this example may be some form of hybrid or local brooch. It is hoped that further analysis will help narrow the type and also date range.
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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