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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy 'La Tene' I style brooch dating to the early Iron Age, c. 475-400 BC. Hawkes and Hull Type 1A. The remains of the brooch consist of the bow and the foot. The head of the brooch including the spring and pin is missing from an old break. From the break at the head the bow curves outward at nearly 90 degrees and thickens in section. The bow is decorated with a series of vertical incisions. The brooch curves back down and narrows in section. The foot of the brooch curves back 180 degrees towards the arch of the bow and terminates with an enlarged discoidal knop. Beneath the knop are three raised horozontal lines. The brooch is of a medium green colour. Cf. Hattatt 2007, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Fig. 147, No. 724; Also Hawkes and Hull, 1987, A Corpus of Ancient Brooches in Britain. Pre-Roman Bow Brooches.
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