Record ID: NCL-BC1EE6 - IRON AGE brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: NCL-BC1EE6

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Iron Age Neuheim brooch

A cast copper-alloy Hauheim type bow brooch of 1st century BC-1st century AD date.

The brooch is incomplete, missing some of the spring, pin, and catchplate. The entire brooch has been cast in one, with two coils of the spring remaining. The bow is broadest at the head, which forms hooks up from the spring then tapers down to the foot. Simple moulded decoration of horizontal rectangles is found on the bow.There is a break at the base of the bow and triangular catchplate.

Class: Nauheim

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

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 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43

Dimensions and weight

Length: 40.46 mm
Width: 3.73 mm
Thickness: 1.03 mm
Weight: 1.7 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: North East
County: Northumberland
District: Tynedale
Parish: Whittington

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: NY9971
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2011

Personal details

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

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