The Roman brooch In: Barbour, Jordan and McNicol, Dave - A Neolithic Monument, Iron Age Homesteads and Early Medieval Kilns: excavations at the Curragh, Girvan
Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Hunter, Fraser
Date published
2025
Abstract
The excavations produced an unusual, visually striking Roman enamelled plate brooch, SF 057, a rare type for Scotland which came ultimately from eastern Gaul or the Rhineland, most likely via military connections (Figure 20). It has a complex enamelling pattern, with two concentric circles set into fields cast into the disc. Each field was a composite construction. The outer one has alternating roundels decorated with concentric circles set within a blue background; the inner one has a bedding layer of white enamel with a thin and poorly preserved layer of slices of millefiori enamel over the top. A central raised knob, made separately and riveted in place, has an enamelled centre, now decayed but seemingly another different colour
Series name
Archaeology Reports Online
Book title
A Neolithic Monument, Iron Age Homesteads and Early Medieval Kilns: excavations at the Curragh, Girvan
Editor
Ballin Smith, Beverley
Volume
59
Pagination
42-43
Publisher
GUARD Archaeology Ltd,
eISSN
2052-4064