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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy Iron Age brooch. The bow and spring have been cast in a single piece. Only a small part of the bow survives and it is sub oval in section and undecorated. At the surviving end the bow expands very slightly before contracting in width to form the flattened sub circular sectioned wire of the spring which is of the four coil type. It has been bent out of shape and the pin is missing. Most of the brooches surface is covered in patches of green and pale green-grey corrosion but in some places traces of an even dark green-brown patina is visibleIt is difficult to closely date this find as the spring is distorted and the foot and much of the bow is missingIt is 37mm in length. The bow is 5.1mm wide and 3.5mm thick. The wire is around 2mm in diameter. It weighs 2.8g
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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