2000-11-07 00:00:00 Sally Worrell sworrell 2012-05-03 10:02:37 Sally Worrell sworrell HAMP458 BROOCH Large, high shouldered brooch with perforated triangular catchplate. Long, tapering flat bow, rectangular in section, quite sharply angled under head. Short, undecorated wings, protecting an eight-coil spring. Narrow external hook. Elaborate catchplate with five perforations, now broken. End of pin missing. Excellent condition, slightly uneven patina. Large, high shouldered brooch with perforated triangular catchplate. Long, tapering flat bow, rectangular in section, quite sharply angled under head. Short, undecorated wings, protecting an eight-coil spring. Narrow external hook. Elaborate catchplate with five perforations, now broken. End of p... Examples of this form of brooch were most frequently produced in iron and occasionally in silver. Brooches of this form from excavations are generally associated with late 1st century BC cremation burials in south-east England and adjacent parts of Continental Europe. They most frequently occur in pairs, sometimes chained. Several examples were found in the Iron Age cemetery at King Harry Lane, Verulamium (Stead and Rigby 1989, 89 Type B fig. 48). Similar brooches have been noted at Deal, Kent (Bushe-Fox 1925, plate CIII no. 8) and Colchester (Hawkes & Hull 1947, 308-10 nos. 6-33 plate LXXXIX-XCI). Copper alloy Cast IRON AGE IRON AGE Late Late -50 43 23 94 Good Incomplete 2000-11-07 00:00:00 HAMPSHIRE TEST VALLEY POINT( ) SU44SW SU4414 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 FASW Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2000 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.