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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-564681
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Iron age copper alloy brooch in good condition and is complete apart from its pin. It consists of a large hollow dome which is sub triangular in section and sub-oval in form. It has tapering edges which merge into two semi circular, rectangular sectioned plates. Each plate is decorated on its upper surface with a dot and ring incision. One plate holds a 'C' shaped catchplate whilst the other has a large patch of iron corrosion, presumably from the pin. The central domed area is decorated with an eleborate design filled in with many incised dots. It begins in the centre with an incised triangle, filled with dots. This is surrounded by three 'commas', which fill most of the space and whose tails form the border for the triangle. These sit next to three triangles with curving edges. The field around the commas and triangles is filled with dots and this terminates with an incised border near the edge of the brooch. It is 37mm long, 13mm wide and 22mm thick.
The decoration with doting, sloping triangles and commas is typical of the Le Tene style, The object may be Continental or it could be an early British piece, heavily influenced by the Continent. (Vincent Megaw and Sophia Adams, pers comm).
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: National importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 500 BC
Date to: Circa 400 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight: 12.33 g
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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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bishop Burton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9639
Four figure Latitude: 53.838391
Four figure longitude: -0.542582
1:25K map: SE9639
1:10K map: SE93NE
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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