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Description: | A cast copper alloy, circular 'Triskele' fob type pendant with an openwork Celtic design. MacGregor (1976) states that at the time of writing only nine of these had been recorded, this number may have increased over the last 33 years. Some of the other examples are described as openwork triskel with a central boss, this design is slightly different. This example is probably of Iron Age date. Their purpose is not known. It has a circular openwork frame, with a wavy bar through the middle and a C-shaped loop either side, all joined together. Two pellet knops decorate either end of the C-shapes. There is a depression in the centre, which indicates where the handle would once have been attached. The looped handle is missing. The edge of the frame has a rounded section. The metal is a dark greenish-brown colour. A tenth example was recorded in the Halliday Archive (Yorkshire Museum) having been found by a detectorist Near Scarborough (North Yorkshire), in 1997.Reference: Searchers Magazine, June 1993, p26 which referes to the pblication 'Early Celtic Art in Northern Britain' by M. MacGregor.
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