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Early Iron Age bronze bow brooch
Of La Tène Ia type with flattened, round-sectioned bow and recurved foot touching, with cup on foot for setting, now missing. Six coiled spring; pin absent.
LI1.4
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
26.239/1
Find Information
Site Name: Candleston Castle, Merthyr Mawr Warren
Collection Method: surface find
Notes: Found at the foot of a limestone ridge about 1000 metres WSW of Candleston Castle
Acquisition
donation, 25/5/1926
Measurements
length / mm:55.0
width / mm:14.5 (spring)
weight / g:9.0
Material
Copper alloy
Location
location verified by DW
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