NMS Archaeology Object 133104: X.FG 5 - Fibula / brooch


Description

Summary


Bow brooch, from near Falkirk, Stirlingshire


Accession Number


X.FG 5


Other references

Not recorded1835

Original description

MISCELLANEOUS ORNAMENTS, CHIEFLY BRONZE. Fibula, 3 1/4" long, minus pin, found near Falkirk.Trevor Cowie notes, 11.12.2009: Navicella type brooch, incised decoration on back of hoop consisting of three bands of horozontal lines and oblique incisions. No pin but two coils of the spring survive. L: 80mm; H 40mm, W 20mm; length of foot 30mm. Found near Falkirk 1835.

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)

Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1835

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Sir T. Livingstone

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None

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