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These three enamelled bronze brooches, also known as fibulae, were found at Lamberton Moor in Berwickshire in a hoard of Roman and native ornaments, pans and cups wrapped in a cloth and deposited as an offering to the gods.

One brooch is of a type known as a dragonesque brooch, a type found on both Roman and native sites in northern England and Scotland. The other two brooches are headstud brooches, common from Roman sites in the 2nd century AD.

Fibulae were used to fasten clothing, and are understandably a common find on Roman sites. During the Roman occupation of Britain, Romano-British styles of brooches developed, fusing Roman forms and native ornamentation.

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• Online ID: 000-100-037-644-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FT 62
• Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
  
• Material: In shape of a hippocamp; enamelled
  Brooch, fibula
  Brooch, fibula
  Brooch, fibula
  
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• What: Brooch, fibula
  Brooch, fibula
  Brooch, fibula
  
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• Where: Scotland, Berwickshire, Mordington, Lamberton Moor
  Scotland, Berwickshire, Mordington, Lamberton Moor
  Scotland, Berwickshire, Mordington, Lamberton Moor
  
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• Description: Enamelled fibula in the shape of a hippocamp, from Lamberton Moor
  Fibula from Lamberton Moor
  Fibula from Lamberton Moor
  
• References:
  • Johns, Catherine. The jewellery of Roman Britain. Celtic and Classical traditions. London: UCL Press Ltd., 1996, pp. 151-3, 159-60. 
  • Stevenson, Robert B.K. Metal-work and some other objects in Scotland and their cultural affinities. In: Rivet, A.L.F. The Iron Age in northern Britain. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1966, p. 26, 31. 
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