1999-10-15 00:00:00 Philip MacDonald pmacdonald 2011-02-24 12:19:17 Daniel Pett dpett NMGW168 BROOCH Flat bow of small curvature expanding towards the missing foot. The bow is decorated with fluted reeding, which runs along its entire length and terminates at the moulded transverse rib located at the bow’s junction with the spring-cover. The catch plate is deformed and partly missing but contained a single perforation of indeterminate shape. The cylindrical spring-cover is open along a slit on the back of the brooch and at either end. Only two incomplete fragments of the brooch survive. The bow has been bent through ninety degrees, although it is uncertain whether this occurred during antiquity or not. The entire spring and pin element is missing. Surviving length c.47mm, weight 6.7 grams. An example of Hull’s Class B (cf. Hawkes and Hull 1947, 317), closely paralleled by published examples from near Wimbourne, Dorset (Hattatt 1985, 36, no.269, fig.15) and France (Hattatt 1987, 43, no.770, fig.16). Flat bow of small curvature expanding towards the missing foot. The bow is decorated with fluted reeding, which runs along its entire length and terminates at the moulded transverse rib located at the bow’s junction with the spring-cover. The catch plate is deformed and partly missing but con... Langton Down type brooches were first defined and discussed by Wheeler in the Lydney excavation report (Wheeler and Wheeler 1932, 71-74, no.2, fig.10) and have been subsequently discussed by Hull (Hawkes and Hull 1947, 317-320), Hattatt (1982, 80-82, nos.39-42, figs.29-30; 1985, 35-37, nos. 269-273, fig.15; 1987, 41-44, nos.768-776, fig.16; 1989, 29, no.1464, fig.13) and Mackreth (1994, 292-294, nos.18-22, fig.133). These two-piece brooches are typified by a wide flat reeded bow without a foot knob (Hattatt 1982, 80) and an almost cylindrical spring housing which is only open along a slit at the back and the ends (Hattatt 1985, 35). Hull sub-divided the type into three classes: Class A which is the largest and possibly earliest group, over 50mm in length with a cylindrical spring-cover, frequently engraved and wide reeded flat bow; Class B is smaller and more common, with a cylindrical or semi-cylindrical spring-cover, usually convex bow-head and straight and usually reeded and a perforated catch-plate; Class C has a narrower, curved bow with low flanking bevels, a catch-plate which is a low marginal rib and occasionally relief ornament on the spring-cover (Hawkes and Hull 1947, 317; Hattatt 1982, 80). In addition to the three main classes a number of variants are also known. Langton Down type brooches are notable being the first type to hide the spring mechanism in a cylindrical housing. The spring and pin mechanism was given tension by the chord pressing against the internal face of the cylindrical spring-cover. The type was current in Gaul from late in the first century BC until the mid first century AD and was presumably derived from the Nauheim and La T?ne III types of brooch (Hattatt 1985, 36; Mackreth 1994, 292). In Britain the type’s distribution is mainly restricted to the south-east of a line from the Wash to Dorset, although outliers are known (Hattatt 1985, 36). Although a number of examples of the type are known from pre-Roman contexts the majority of British examples are presumed to date to the early Roman period. In general, British examples of the type are dated from the second and into the third quarter of the first century AD (Hattatt 1982, 80; Mackreth 1994, 294). Copper alloy Cast ROMAN ROMAN Early Early 25 75 47 Incomplete 1999-10-15 00:00:00 MONMOUTHSHIRE MONMOUTHSHIRE USK POINT( ) Calculated from parish centroid SO30SE SO3320 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 PUBLIC Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 1999 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.