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Description: | A corroded and damaged cast copper-alloy late Iron Age/Roman brooch of the Langton Down type. The head features a characteristically cylindrical hood. This hood is abraded at both ends, one more so than the other. Within it are the corroded remains of the iron axis bar; the pin is missing. The curve from head through to bow goes through about 120 degrees. There is a slight rounded moulding at the junction of head and bow on the upper surface. The bow tapers gradually from the junction (W.: 8.1mm), to 4.3mm at the foot). The upper surface is faceted either side of a central flat ridge which gives the bow a broadly triangular cross-section. The foot has been truncated with part of it, and the catch-plate, missing. This latter is recessed internally, with a broken stub curled round on itself. The brooch has corroded to its present dusty light-green colour over a red-brown metal.
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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