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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-650030
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age La Tene 1Ba brooch. Only the bow and the foot of the brooch survive. The bow is circular in cross-section and has a mid-arch. It narrows slightly towards the reverted foot, the outer face of which is moulded into a zoomorphic form consisting of a rounded 'head' followed by an upturned 'snout' divided into two by a transverse groove. The lower part of the foot has a deep groove across its outer face forming a small catch-plate. It survives in fair condition.
The size of the arch suggests that this is a La Tene 1B rather than 1A brooch and the zoomorphic foot moulding places it within sub-type 1Bb. These date to the end of the early Iron Age, c.450-300 BC (Adams 2015, 1).
Length: 43.60mm, width: 16.75mm, thickness: 4.64mm, weight: 5.22g
Class: La Tene 1Ba
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 450 BC
Date to: Circa 300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.6 mm
Width: 16.75 mm
Thickness: 4.64 mm
Weight: 5.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Methwold
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, S.A. | 2015 | Datasheet 1: A Short Guide to Early and Middle Iron Age Bow Brooches from Britain August | Bristol | Later Prehistoric Finds Group |
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