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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy probable La Tene type 1Bc brooch, of Early to Middle Iron Age dating (4th Century BC).Approximately 25% of the brooch is present, consisting of a fragment of the bow. The spring, pin and catch plate are all missing, presumed lost in antiquity.In plan, the bow is a pointed oval shape, and curved in profile. The brooch has a rectangular section. The front of the bow has been decorated with a set of diverging lines, running parallel to the edge of the brooch, creating a slightly recessed central area, with a border around the edge. The border has been decorated with a regular horizontal grooves. The reverse is plain and undecorated.It measures 24.93 mm in length, 10.14 mm wide and 10.59 mm thick. It weighs 3.4 g.The brooch fragment is a mid to dark green colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail.The brooch fragment is similar to that published as no 2236 in Hull & Hawkes (1987, page 103, plate 30), from Winchcombe, Gloucestershire and is considered to be of 4th Century BC dating.Sophie Adams (PhD student at Leicester University studying Iron Age Brooches) has suggested that it could be part of a 1Bc brooch - the type with a leaf-shaped bow. The arch of the bow is unusually high and rounded for this type but few examples conform the a classic form so it would not be totally out of place in this group. the simple decoration on the upper surface and thickness of the bow fits with this type.Sadly the lack of catch plate or head of the brooch means little more can be said about it but it seems highly probable it is a brooch fragment.No other examples are known from this area. Most are found further east and further south. Those due south of this brooch, so around the same longitude, are also a variation on the more classic 1Bc shape, this suggests possible regional variation on the style.Reference:Hull, M.R. & Hawkes, C.F.C. 1987. Corpus of Ancient Brooches in Britain. British Archaeological Reports British Series 168. Oxford.
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