Record ID: LIN-FA49B4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Birdlip type brooch dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period. The brooch has a trumpet-shaped head with an integral spring behind with three turns remaining. The spring has an internal chord. The pin is missing. The bow is comma shaped in profile and is decorated with a fully rounded and collared reel at the top. Below the reel is a small upturned 'beak'. The bow below the beak is triangular in cross-section and tapers to the foot. The foot is missing, as is most of the catchplate. The catchplate splits from the bow towards the base. Treasure reference …
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-4B8A25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver 'knotenfibula' dating to the late Iron Age. The pin and spring of the brooch are missing and the catch plate is also broken and missing. The bow has a diamond shaped cross section. At its highest point, close to the end of the brooch where the spring was originally, there is a circular boss between two ring mouldings. This boss is the defining feature for these types of brooches. The original catch plate, which held the pin in place when worn was decorated with two large perforations to produce a delicate decorative shape. The piece of brooch recovered is 87.9 mm …
Created on: Friday 16th May 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.