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CAM-1188E3: Late Iron age to Roman La Tene III Style Copper-alloy Brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: CAM-1188E3

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A copper-alloy La Téne III style brooch of 10 – 100 AD. The bow is flat and undecorated with a rectangular cross-section. It is 4.41mm wide and 1.05mm thick. At the head the bow turns down by 90 degrees and then curves upwards to form the start of the spring, of which only two turns on the left of the brooch survive. The spring has an external diameter of 8.25mm and internal diameter of 3.70mm. At the tail end of the bow a relatively large triangular catch-plate survives although the return is missing. The catch-plate is 12.51mm long by 8.78mm and 1.04mm thick. Overall dimensions: length 40.45mm, width 5.77mm, height 12.54mm and weight 1.86g. See Hattatt, R. 2007 (p.290, fig.149, item 243, 244, 736 & 1452) for a similar example. This is not a Nauheim brooch as that type always have “an open catch-plate” Worrell, S. (unpublished ‘Late Iron Age and Roman Brooches’ p.2). This brooch is a Nauheim-Derivative which was popular in southern and eastern England, which fits well with the find location of Cambridgeshire.

Class: La Téne III Style
Evidence of reuse: None

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: AD 10
Date to: AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40.45 mm
Width: 5.77 mm
Weight: 1.86 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

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Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Sawston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL4651
Four figure Latitude: 52.138011
Four figure longitude: 0.131922
1:25K map: TL4651
1:10K map: TL45SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Hattatt, R. 2000 A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches Oxford Oxbow Books p.290, fig.149, item 243, 244, 736 & 1452.

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Recording Institution: CAM
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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