Summary

Roman copper alloy brooch fragment comprising plate and part of bow of a trumpet brooch from Cramond, Edinburgh

Accession Number

X.1991.3.1

Other references

Original description

Brooch fragment. ORF: IDENTIFICATION - Classification Number: X. FR 1151. Other numbers: ARCH DB 1991/13. Department Section: Later prehistory; National Audit Category: Archaeology. Object Name: Fragment of brooch, Cramond, Edinburgh. Description: FR 1151: Fragment of brooch, comprising plate and part of bow of trumpet brooch, copper alloy; L: 42.5mm. PRODUCTION AND DATING - Date / Period: Roman. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS - Materials: Copper alloy. Dimensions: L. 42.5mm. FIELD COLLECTION - Place: Cramond, Edinburgh; Grid Reference: NT 190 770. Period: Roman. Context: Recovered from soil bulldozed to make the car-park by the site of the bath house. Method: Chance find. Recovered from soil bulldozed to make the car-park by the site of the bath house at Cramond, Edinburgh (NT 190 770). Registered / Completed By: Trevor Cowie. Date: 1991.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Chance find

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Cramond, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1991-05-10

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None