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Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch
La tene I bow brooch with pin missing. the spring has 4 coils, the bow is decorated with oblique cast ribs on either side of a central line. The foot of the catchplate is slightly flattened and expanded and turns back on itself to meet the bow.
LI1.4
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2005.17H
Find Information
Site Name: Penllyn Moor, Cowbridge
Collection Method: metal detector
Notes: Found whilst metal-detecting in a boggy area at the headwaters of the River Thaw.
Acquisition
purchase, 3/5/2005
Measurements
weight / g:20.0
length / mm:70
Techniques
Cast
Material
Copper alloy
Location
location verified by SI
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