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Description: | A copper alloy late Iron Age -early Roman Langton Down brooch. The object is corroded and incomplete. The head of the brooch consists of a cylinder, which measures 14mm long by 7.1mm in diameter and completely encloses the spring coils. Only a remnant of the pin remains and emanates from a vertical slot at the centre of the cylinder. The bow extends downwards at a right angle from the head. It is flat and measures 7.4mm wide at the top, tapering to 6.2mm at the rounded foot. It is 1.4mm thick and has indented vertical line decoration down the length of its display side. There is only a remnant of what appears to have been an open catchplate. The brooch measures 44.8mm high and weighs 6.57g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 15
60 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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