Record ID: LEIC-448088
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Two Late Neolithic or 'Copper age' gold 'hair' or basket' ornaments, Both have smooth matt-coloured surfaces with just occasional small scratches and scrapes revealing bright metal. 1. An oval plaque, gently curved in profile, from which a short tang projects from the longer axis. The tang is almost doubled back resulting in some stress fractures and it also ends in a break. There is a small amount of damage around the perimeter of the plaque, one short stretch being curled inwards. A single row of 63 punched dots is inset by about 2 mm from the outer edge of the plaque, except on …
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 7th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gilmorton', grid reference and parish protected.