Accession No
1951.316
Description
La Tene IV brooch with coiled springs and open catch plate, some of which has broken away. Broken.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Abington Pigotts; Bellus Hill
Period
Late Iron Age early 1st century AD
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; de Courcy Ireland, Montagu George [vendor]; Pigott, William Graham Foster (Reverend) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.316
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
18mm x 20mm x 86mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See GO3/8/1 for drawing of brooch.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Rev. W.G.F. Pigott in 15 May 1894.
Event Date 15/05/1894
Author: maa
Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1924). 'A Settlement of the Early Iron Age at Abington Pigotts, Cambs., and its Subsequent History; as Evidenced by Objects Preserved in the Pigott Collection'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. vol IV. pp. 211-233.
Event Date 1924
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Clark, J. Grahame D. (1938). 'Early Man'. The Victoria History of the County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. Salzman, L.F. (ed). Vol. 1. Fig. 25
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
La Tene IV brooch with coiled springs and open catch plate, some of which has broken away. Broken.
Event Date 1951
Author: maa
Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2025.6193 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 15/5/2025
Author: Stephanie De Roemer
FM:16014
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