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BRACELET
Unique ID: SWYOR-FB8C5E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy artefact, probably part of a bracelet of Iron Age date, 800 BC - AD 43. It consists of two hollow hemispheres connected by a short, solid neck of D shaped section. At the outer end of each hemisphere is a small stub of metal, both of which are broken and abraded, probably connections to adjacent hemispheres now broken away and missing. The connecting neck is smooth with the original surface surviving, but the upper side of both hemispheres is rough and pitted and it is not possible to determine whether any decoration was present. The fragment has a dark brown patina. It is 37.4mm long, 14.82mm wide and 13.2mm thick. It weighs 15.23gm.
A small number of similar fragments can be found on the database. See for example references LEIC-26BBA1 and SUSS-06C944 which cites Fox (Fox, C. 1958 Pattern and Purpose: A Survey of Early Celtic Art in Britain National Museum of Wales, Cardiff) as illustrating similarly decorated bracelets, for example Plates 2 and 31 which are dated to the Iron Age period. The record goes on to note that: "other similar examples have however been excavated in Roman period graves at Colchester.".
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local 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 800 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.4 mm
Width: 14.82 mm
Thickness: 13.2 mm
Weight: 15.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th August 2014 - Monday 25th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2382
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Thorner (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE3740
Four figure Latitude: 53.85491727
Four figure longitude: -1.43899308
1:25K map: SE3740
1:10K map: SE34SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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