LON-EF52E6: A late Iron Age – early Roman copper alloy brooch fragment, a Langton Down variant dating c. 15BC – 60AD.

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LON-EF52E6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A late Iron Age – early Roman copper alloy brooch fragment, a Langton Down variant dating c. 15BC – 60AD.Only the upper part of the bow and spring case remains; the spring, pin and foot are missing.When complete this would have been a two-piece brooch with the spring housed in a folded spring cover which is formed from flanges cast on the wings.The bow is wide and flat with reeded decoration and the catchplate is usually perforated.

Dimensions: length: 23.94mm; width: 12.41mm; thickness: 11.87mm; weight: 3.69g.

Class: Langton Down variant

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 15 BC
Date to: Circa AD 60

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 23.94 mm
Width: 12.41 mm
Thickness: 11.87 mm
Weight: 3.69 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 13th March 2010

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: London (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Hounslow (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Feltham West (London Borough Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ0872
Four figure Latitude: 51.436713
Four figure longitude: -0.447634
1:25K map: TQ0872
1:10K map: TQ07SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other

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

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