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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy early Anglo-Saxon probable cruciform brooch. The base of the bow, part of the flat panel and the remains of the lappets survive, the rest of this brooch is missing due to old breaks, now worn. It measures 27.5mm in total length and 21.2mm in width (at its widest point, across the lappets).
The bow fragment is faceted at its base and where it joins the flat panel there are at least six transverse decorative grooves. The flat panel also appears to have transverse mouldings, although this is no longer clear. The lappets are crescent shaped. On the back face of the flat panel part of the catch plate can be seen.
The lappets and the flat panel especially are distorted by heat damage. This is as this brooch fragment was presumably originally deposited in an early Anglo-Saxon cremation. It was discovered in assocaition with other early Anglo-Saxon brooches and artefacts. | Subjects: | cruciform Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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