Record ID: SF3891 - IRON AGE bow brooch

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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF3891

Object type certainty: Certain

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Copper alloy brooch, Langton Down type. Complete. Incised lines on spring cover - 2 at terminals, ?1 across top. Round headed bow, near parallel sides, reeding in 3 groups with wider concave mouldings between. Triangular piercing in catchplate. Width 20mm, length 50mm. Very similar to King Harry Lane grave 370 no 5 (on Fig 165), phase 3 c. 40-60.

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Class: Langton Down

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 20
Date to: AD 65

Dimensions and weight

Length: 50 mm
Width: 20 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

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

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Norfolk
District: Breckland
To be known as: NORFOLK WEETING WITH BROOMHILL

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Woodland [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Other [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st July 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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