File:Iron Age bracelet, possibly (profile) (FindID 137872).jpg

English: A possible cast copper alloy bracelet. The object is incomplete or fragmentary as one terminal is broken, the break may be recent as the patina does not cover the terminal. In plan the bracelet is a curved rod which is decorated on the exterior by moulded ovoid knops. Two knops remain, with a third partial knop forming a terminal. This terminal is not broken, it has a flat base where the patina is the same as elsewhere on the object. The interior edge is slightly rough. The surface is mainly covered with a heavy brown patina. It measures 41.45mm long from terminal to terminal, and 10.88mm wide across a knop. It weighs 10.6g. Fox (Fox, C. 1958 Pattern and Purpose: A Survey of Early Celtic Art in Britain National Museum of Wales, Cardiff) illustrates similarly decorated bracelets, for example Plates 2 and 31 which are dated to the Iron Age period. The projected diameter of the recorded object is approximately 5cm, which appears to be quite small for a bracelet. If this was a well worn bracelet wear would be expected on the interior surface, which does not occur on this example. Iron Age terret rings are also decorated with ovoid knop, for example Cunliffe (Cunliffe, B. 1995 ‘The Celtic Chariot: A Footnote’ in Cunliffe, B. (ed.) Sites and Sights of the Iron Age: Essays on Fieldwork and Museum Research Presented to Ian Mathieson Stead Oxbow Monograph 56) illustrates a similar example, No. 6 Figure 16. However terret rings are annular rather than penannular. The style of decoration on the reference objects does suggest the date for the recorded example is Iron Age.