Summary

Bow brooch decorated with four longitudinal mouldings ornamented with arrow-shaped markings, from the Roman site at Newstead

Accession Number

X.FRA 795

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Bow of a fibula decorated with the four longitudinal mouldings ornamented with arrow-shaped markings, 1 1/8" long. HMcC note, 1998-99: Updated from SCRAN full data set. Fraser Hunter, 27/11/2010: Two joining fragments of a Colchester-derivative brooch, the first half of the bow decorated with longitudinal ribs lined with fine incised triangles; rectangular arms, eight-coil spring with external chord held in crest on head; L 64mm, W 25mm; surviving bow L 27mm.

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

Newstead Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

1905

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1915

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Unknown

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

Image

None