Record ID: PAS-B9D6E5
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a gold penannular bracelet, with a thin flat cross-section and an expanded 'buffer' terminal. Found in an unstratified context. Comparable pieces have been found in hoards in Bexley Heath, Kent, Beachy Head, Sussex and Caister, Norfolk (Eogan, 1994, 168-170) and more recently in the Bawdeswell area in Norfolk (TAR, 2005/6, 23, 274, No. 30). A Bronze Age torc was found (and lost again) in the vicinity of Isleworth and recorded as Treasure Trove in the courts of the manor of the abbess of Syon Abbey on 19th October 1467 (Mattingly, 1983, 179).
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brentford', grid reference and parish protected.