This is a complete but bent cast copper alloy penannular bar bracelet, dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (950 BC-600 cal BC). The bracelet is composed of a cylindrical bar (c.5.2mm diamater) that has been curved to become a sub-oval shape in plan. It may have oringally been more circular in plan. The terminals of the bar are slightly expanded (c.8.1mm diamater) and are sub-circular in section. imiliar copper alloy bracelets have been found in the Late Bronze Age hoard at Auchtertyre, Morayshire (O’Connor 1980: fig 55D), St Ishmael Hoard in Camarthenshire (NMGW-47D2BB) and Stourmouth, Kent (O’Connor 1980: fig 62A) each associated with Late Bronze Age artefacts often dating to the Ewart park phase (c.950-800 cal BC sensu Needham et al 1997).
To read more about this object check out the Portable Antiquities Scheme record at https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1039512
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