Record ID: CORN-C27C10
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy one-piece Colchester type bow brooch, missing the spring, the pin and the catch-plate (with a width of 9 mm, a length of 90 mm, a thickness of 4 mm and a weight of 5.65 g). The spring was positioned behind the wings and only the stubs of the spring at the back of the head and the forward-projecting claw to tension the chord are now present. The stubs of the wings are evident either side of the head. The bow projects outwards from the head before turning sharply in an arch and curving back on itself towards the foot, as it is now bent in half. The bow is re…
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2016
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Record ID: CORN-1A86F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy La Tene IBc type brooch influenced by earlier Etruscan leech-shaped brooches. The bow is decorated with incised lines inset from the edge, following the leech-shaped body, one on either side of a central straight line. Most of the spring and the pin are missing but the catchplate remains. The surface is pitted in places but retains a dark green patina throughout. Hattatt (2000) illustrates a similar example on page 288, Fig.147, No.1447A, which is dated from the 4th to the 3rd century BC. This is a La Tene 1Bc type (after Hull, M.R. and Hawkes, C. 1987…
Created on: Friday 21st October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2011
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Record ID: CORN-5E3C15
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy one-piece Colchester type bow brooch, missing the spring, the pin and the catch-plate (with only a width of 8mm, a length of 41mm, a thickness of 3mm and a weight of 2.7g). The spring was positioned behind the wings and only the stubs of the spring at the back of the head and the forward-projecting claw to tension the chord are now present. The stubs of the wings are evident either side of the head. The bow projects outwards from the head before turning sharply in an arch and curving inwards towards the foot. The bow is rectangular in section at the head (…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-23F237
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete wire copper alloy bow brooch with short bilateral spring, coiled into 5 loops on a central, solid copper alloy axial rod, which holds the spring together. The chord seems to be missing but it could only have been attached to one end of the spring as the other end is in the centre, next to the central coil which extends to form part of the bow. The bow is broken and bent at an angle from subsequent damage, so the original curvature cannot be made out. The foot, pin and catchplate are missing. The surface of the brooch is corroded and pitted so that the recorder cannot determi…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-25F8F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy incomplete La Tène III bow brooch with long bilateral spring, coiled into 9 to 10 (two missing) loops on a solid rod or chord. The foot and the catch-plate are missing. The length of the brooch is 28.3mm, width of the spring and chord is 20 mm and the thickness of the bow is 5 mm. The brooch weighs 3.53g. Dr. J.D. Hill comments: "Technically, because of the foot being part of the bow, they should be La Tène III, but these brooches are a distinctly Somerset and Dorset (and further west) type. The dating is not clear. As they are derived from an earlier type, it n…
Created on: Tuesday 24th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenwyn', grid reference and parish protected.