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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-2CD136
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete Iron Age cast copper alloy La Tene brooch, probably type 1B dating to the period 400 to 275 BC. The head of the brooch originally consisted of four coils to the spring with two loops located on either side of the bow. Only two survive. The bow is curved in section and leaf-shaped in plan. The upper surface of the bow is decorated with two ribs and grooves which form a lentoidal shape. The crests of the surface decoration have a central valley creating twin bands to each. The underside of the bow is plain.The end of the foot, catchplate and toe are missing from an old break. The spring of the brooch remains intact. Similar brooches are shown in Hattatt, Ancient Brooches and other Artefacts (1989) p15; No. 1447/1447. For a similar object on the PAS database, cf. SUR-2CD136
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 400 BC
Date to: Circa 275 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.27 mm
Width: 7.28 mm
Weight: 2.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th May 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 08.717
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Lewes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3909
Four figure Latitude: 50.863807
Four figure longitude: -0.02621
1:25K map: TQ3909
1:10K map: TQ30NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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