Summary

Piece of a brass brooch, Langton Down type, from Merlsford, Fife, Roman, 30 BC - 60 AD

Accession Number

X.FG 1

Other references

Original description

MISCELLANEOUS ORNAMENTS, &c., CHIEFLY BRONZE. Bronze fibula, imperfect, from Merlsford, Fife. Updated from SCRAN full data set. [Scran record] ... piece of a brass brooch ... found at Merlsford in Fife, probably from a burial. They are Roman objects found on a native site, probably passed as gifts from one native chief to another. ... The brooch is of a type known as a Langton Down brooch. It is a Continental type, generally dating before the Roman occupation of Scotland. ... Date of brooch: between 30 BC and 60 AD... Material: Brass ... Length: 57 mm.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Merlsford, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1833

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Lieutenant-Colonel Miller

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None