Record ID: NCL-249154 - IRON AGE brooch

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Brooch

Unique ID: NCL-249154

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Iron Age Boss-on-Bow Brooch

A cast copper-alloy foot of a Birdlip brooch of the late Iron Age.

The foot has a moulded disc base and forward projecting hook. The bow is cross-shaped in section, with the forward face decorated with an incised groove along the outer edges and on the top of the medial rib.

The catchplate would have been openwork, with only the base shanks remaining attached to the underside.

Class: Birdlip

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1

Dimensions and weight

Length: 58.3 mm
Width: 10.15 mm
Thickness: 5.01 mm
Weight: 10 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

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

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
To be known as: Claxby Pluckacre

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 16th February 2008

Personal details

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Recorded by: Julie Jackson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Robert Collins - [view all attributed records]

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