File:Iron Age Langton Down bow brooch (FindID 890661).jpg

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Iron Age Langton Down bow brooch
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Matthew Fittock, 2018-03-01 12:14:35
Title
Iron Age Langton Down bow brooch
Description
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An incomplete cast copper-alloy bow brooch of Langton Down type dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period, c. AD 25-60. The pin, the lower bow andcatchplate are missing. It posssesses a fragmentary cylindrically-winged head which conceals the coils of the spring mechanism. The head extends to a 'D'-sectioned tapering bow decorated with multiple moulded longitudinal ridges. The brooch measures 22mm in length, 18mm in width at the head and 9mm in width at the bow.A similar brooch is published by Mackreth (2012)vol. II, p. 23, pl. 20, no. 11743.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 25 and 60
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FindID: 890661
Old ref: BH-EB5E7A
Filename: BHEB5E7A.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1004219
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1004219/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/890661
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Object location52° 00′ 50.4″ N, 0° 02′ 31.07″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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