Code: 13053
This is an intact Iron La Tene III/Nauheim derivative-type bow brooch dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period. This example is complete with its original sprung pin (which is rare with this type of brooch). These were used to pin and fasten woollen fabrics together. See SUR-04B794, NARC-A9F8DD and WAW-047022 for other recorded examples from Britain. Rare in iron to have survived so well, although it is squashed to one side, probably due to the weight of the clay soil from its burial!
OBJECT: Brooch
CULTURE: Iron Age, Celtic III
DATE: c. 100 BC - 100 AD
MATERIAL: Iron
SIZE: 56mm x 18mm x 18mm
WEIGHT: 10.88 grams
PROVENANCE: formerly in a private collection, Clevedon, Somerset, UK
