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Description: | A complete but twisted copper-alloy one piece bow brooch of Late Iron Age or Early Roman date, probably a 'Nauheim derivative' La Téne III type. Partially similar to Hattatt, R., 2000 A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches Oxford : Oxbow Books, pp. 291, fig. 150, no.743.This brooch consists of short, rectangular cross-sectioned, and pointed pin of c. 12.6mm length. The pin has a width of 2.3mm and thickness of 1.4mm just before the spring. The short length of the pin raises questions as to whether the design of this brooch was always for a twisted form, thus allowing the pin to reach the catch-plate. This may therefore possibly represent and early experiment with a sub-annular form rather than later modification or intentional or accidental damage.The spring is formed of two coils that form a coil width of 5.3mm and external diameter of 4.8mm. The cross-section of each of the coils remains rectangular.The bow is compact and thick with a sub-square to sub-circular cross-section due to rounded corners and flattened sides. Below the spring the bow has a width of 3.1mm and thickness of 2.7mm. The bow has a length of c. 40.0mm which curves round to frame the catch-plate that can be seen behind at the centre of this loop.The catch-plate is sub-triangular in shape, the base being a straight rather than pointed edge and a solid sheet of metal with no openwork detail. This catch-plate has a maximum width of 7.9mm, length of 14.1mm and thickness of 0.8mm. The upper surface has two lines of shallow incised zigzag decoration. One of these lines runs vertically along the edge direct below the bow. The other follows the top edge approximately at a right angle from the top of the vertical line. On the reverse side the catch-plate return survives in relatively good condition along the entire length of the lower triangular edge.This brooch weighs 3.6mm, twisted height (excluding outstretched pin) is 20.4mm, twisted width is 14.2mm and total twisted thickness is 6.0mm.
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