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Description: | Copper alloy early Medieval small long brooch. This type of Anglo-Saxon brooch was normally worn as a pair and this example was found in close proximity to the identical brooch recorded as SWYOR A0B474. The brooch is cast in one piece as was the norm for small long brooches (although it has subsequently broken across the top of the bow and been repaired). The shape of the head on small long brooches varies; this example has the usual central square plate with three protruding arms to give it the distinctive trefoil shape. There are some worn stamped annulets decorating the front of the head.
On the back of the head in the centre there is a large single perforated lug and iron remains where the pin would have been attached. The arched bow is quite solid with a central rib and the catch plate for the pin is complete and sits just below the arched bow; it is curved over to form a hook for the pin. The foot expands from a thin flat section (decorated with horizontal incised lines) into wide semi-circle (like the trefoil arms) and this is decorated with a border of tiny stamped annulets. These brooches begin to appear in the 5th century and continue into the 6th century.
The brooch weighs 34.2g and measures 102.1mm in length, 47.9mm in width and approximately 18mm in thickness. | Subjects: | Small long Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Marshall, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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