https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/la-tene-iii-brooch-58825.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:41:47 GMT Brooches  

Description:		An incomplete late Iron-Age brooch of La Tène III type. The brooch has an undecorated bow of flat sub-rectangular cross-section that narrows at the foot end and terminates in a solid catch-plate. The bilateral spring that would have formed the head of the brooch is now missing, along with its integral pin. The La Tène III brooch is a derivative of the Nauheim type, which evolved on continental Europe around the beginning of the 1st century BC and was brought to Britain by the Belgae. The present brooch retains the outwardly curved foot that is a characteristic of the Nauheim type.
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/la-tene-iii-brooch-58700.html Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:39:21 GMT Brooches  

Description:		An incomplete late Iron-Age brooch of La Tène III type. The bow is undecorated, circular in section, and arched in profile; it tapers towards the pointed foot. A fragment of the integral bilateral spring mechanism survives, as does the sub-rectangular catchplate with curved return. The La Tène III brooch is a derivative of the continental Nauheim type. It evolved on the continent around the beginning of the 1st century BC, and was brought to Britain by the Belgae.
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/la-tene-iii-brooch-58683.html Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:51:55 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A late Iron-Age brooch of La Tène III type. The bow is flat, rectangular in section, the outer edges are slightly upturned, it tapers to a pointed foot, the tip of which is missing. The coil and pin are both present, and a fragment of the triangular perforated catchplate survives. The La Tène III brooch is a derivative of the continental Nauheim type. It evolved on the continent around the beginning of the 1st century BC and was brought to Britain by the Belgae.
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/colchester-one-piece-brooch-58459.html Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:20:58 GMT Brooches  

Description:		An incomplete and undecorated Colchester one-piece brooch of the late Iron Age to early Roman period. It has an arched circular-section bow and short wings. A remnant of the forward-facing chord hook and a stub of the spring pin wire survive at the head of the bow. The remains of a catchplate are visible at the lower end of the bow which terminates with a sharp pointed (possibly damaged) foot.
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/colchester-one-piece-brooch-58450.html Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:04:36 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A plain one-piece Colchester-type brooch of the late Iron Age to early Roman period. It has short flat wings and a curved tapering bow. Half of the bi-lateral spring and a vestige of the forward-facing chord hook survive. The pin and catchplate are both missing.
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/knotenfibeln-brooch-57937.html Sun, 07 Apr 2024 18:44:14 GMT Brooches  

Description:		An incomplete copper-alloy one-piece knotenfibeln brooch of the late Iron Age to early Roman period. The straight tapering bow is rectangular in section below the minimal three-ribbed "button" and undulating above it. Decoration on the upper bow consists of a median row of punched indentations. Two coils of the bi-lateral spring survive, the pin, lower bow and catchplate, (possibly the perforated type) are missing.
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/bow-brooch-57412.html Mon, 22 May 2023 17:20:01 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A relatively unknown/unclassified type of bow brooch dating to the late Iron Age period. The brooch has a sub-rectangular sectioned bow, now distorted, which reduces in thickness towards the (missing) catchplate end. The head of the brooch displays a 'bird-like' zoomorphic feature, cast with wide eyes in low relief. The bill of the bird projects centrally from the head and would in turn form the coiled spring mechanism and integral pin, but only a short stub of this survives. A similar brooch of the period is recorded as NLM-E90E4D. See also UKDFD 57039, as an earlier classified type of brooch that also displays a simple zoomorphic feature at the head end.
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/la-tene-iii-brooch-57359.html Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:32:05 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A late Iron Age brooch of  La Tène III Type. The bow is D-shaped in section, arched in profile, and slightly tapered at the lower end. Decoration on the bow consists of three rows of incised lozenges that cover its full length. The catchplate with curved return remains in situ and two coils of the bi-lateral spring survive. The La Tène III brooch is a derivative of the continental Nauheim type. It evolved on the continent around the beginning of the 1st century BC, and was brought to Britain by the Belgae.
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/knotenfibel-or-boss-on-bow-brooch-57039.html Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:52:45 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A copper-alloy Knotenfibel brooch of the Late Iron Age period. The brooch is of a one-piece construction with a right-angled bend close to the head. The solid carnyx-shaped head has La Tène style elliptical mouldings to each side in low relief. The boss, located directly after the bend, is composed of fully rounded reel and spool mouldings. The lower bow is round in section and has the remains of an ornate openwork catch plate. The integral coiled spring is now mostly missing, only one coil of which survives projecting centrally from the head. Knotenfibeln (the German name in its plural form) originated on the continent between about 50BC and 20BC, and possibly reached Britain a little later. They were predecessors of the native British Birdlip type. See also; UKDFD 54244, HAMP-172E44 & SUSS-648FD6
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/iron-age/brooches/brooch-la-tene-iii-56882.html Fri, 29 Jul 2022 20:35:13 GMT Brooches  

Description:		An incomplete late Iron-Age brooch of La Tène III type. The bow is undecorated, circular in section, and slightly arched in profile, it tapers towards the foot. Two coils of the integrally cast bilateral spring and the catchplate survive, but the pin is missing. The La Tène III brooch is a derivative of the continental Nauheim type. It evolved on the continent around the beginning of the 1st century BC and was brought to Britain by the Belgae.
Category:		Iron Age, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

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