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BRACELET
Unique ID: SWYOR-299FD0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Part of a cast, copper alloy bracelet probably dating from the Iron Age or Roman period. Half of the bracelet survives, and unusually it is hinged. Both the inner face and the outer are convex. The outer is moulded into beads; domed areas divided by bands of ropework.The curface is grey and shiney and may once have had a white metal coating. The terminals are incomplete. One has a bead which is divided lengthways. Only one half of the lobe survives. There is a circular hole through it filled by a copper alloy pin which would have made a double hinge lug and axis bar is complete. The other terminal has the remains of a single central hoop. It is likel that the other half of the bracelet, which is missing, would have had another set of corresponding terminals to form a bracelet which could be hinged open to allow it to be removed. Ribbed or beaded bracelets are known from both the Iron Age (e.g. Stead & Rigby, 1999) and Roman periods. The hinge mechanism is unusual, but is more reminiscent of Iron Age bracelets and armlets than Roman period examples.There are few parallels on the database. They include YORYM1522 and NMGW-FD9FA1,
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Potential for inclusion in Britannia
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 200 BC
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 69.2 mm
Width: 8.6 mm
Thickness: 39.1 mm
Weight: 29.13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 2010 - Thursday 13th May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS 1116
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Whitley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5620
Four figure Latitude: 53.67348
Four figure longitude: -1.153796
1:25K map: SE5620
1:10K map: SE52SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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