Record ID: SF1564 - IRON AGE bow brooch

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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF1564

Object type certainty: Certain

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Copper alloy brooch, Colchester type. Missing half spring, pin; damaged catchplate; fairly corroded. 4-coils of ?8 coil spring survive. Long spring hook ?broken end. Flat arms with traces of vertical ribbing. Facetted bow giving a hexagonal section. Central face has a groove with reserved wavy line. Catchplate has base of 2 rectangular piercings surviving. Length 66mm Width 16.5mm. As King Harry Lane (Stead & Rigby 1989) Grave 230 no 2.

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Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1
Date to: AD 50

Dimensions and weight

Length: 66 mm
Width: 16.5 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Forest Heath
To be known as: SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

Personal details

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Recorded by: Judith Plouviez - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Judith Plouviez - [view all attributed records]

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