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Description: | A cast copper alloy brooch of Early to Middle Iron Age date, Hallstatt Group L, c600-400BC. The brooch has a fat rounded body, hollowed on the back. At the upper end is an integral transverse circular-section bar (half of which is missing, and originally c20mm in length) which is partly decorated with encircling grooves. The head of the brooch is decorated with similar grooves arranged in a chevron formation. The head also has two rounded pits, one of which still retains a little red material (enamel or perhaps coral). On the back of the head are studs for the missing spring and pin. At the lower end the body tapers to form a loop which returns and expands to form a catchplate whose terminal is integral with the body. On the side opposite the catchplate, and slightly diagonal to it, is a large rounded hollow for another missing setting.
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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