Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Roman copper alloy knee brooch

The head is flattened out to form an oval plate, covering two circular side-plates to which an iron axial bar attaches a spring with (apparently) a single coil on each side of the pin. Solid catchplate.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

23.292/2.126

Find Information

Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon

Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1920-1923

Notes: From within the fort.

Acquisition

donation, 10/10/1936

Measurements

length / mm:38

Material

Copper alloy

Location

location verified by EMC
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