Record ID: HAMP-93A632
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy knobbed bracelet (bangle or armlet) probably dating from the late Hallstatt period to the late Iron Age (c. 800 BC - 43 AD). The bracelet consists of a curved rod formed of four globular 'beads' or knops (c. 6.3mm thick) with rounded ridged collars (c. 4.65mm thick). Two of the collars have two ridges, the last extant collar has three. One ridge from a collar survives at either end before the old breaks. The rod is sub-circular in cross section. The reverse is plain and flat at its centre; it bevels towards the sides. The bracelet appears to have a …
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Waltham CP', grid reference and parish protected.