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Description: | Head and bow of a cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. The head-plate comprises a central sub-rectangular panel which narrows towards the top, and which terminates in a half-rounded knob. A series of >-shaped indents are just visible running down either side of this panel. A trapezoidal wing extends from either side of the central plate; these expand away from the central panel, and each has a half-rounded knob projecting from their long, side, edge. A single perforated lug for the spring projects from the rear of the head-plate. This is set just slightly off-centre relative to the top knob. Only very slight traces of iron corrosion indicate the former presence of the iron spring/pin. The arched bow narrows towards the (missing) foot. This has a flat sub-rectangular cross-section at either end, but for most of its length it has a curved, hollow-backed section. The break at the base of the bow is worn. The brooch has an even light green patina. The half-rounded knobs place the brooch in Aberg's Group II-IV. Most if not all cruciform brooches known from Kent are early types that date from the mid 5th to very early 6th centuries. This appears to be one of the more elaborate examples known from Kent, but was probably manufactured sometime in the late 5th century, and is unlikely to have been in circulation later than circa 525 AD. | Subjects: | Cruciform Group II - IV Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Richardson, Andrew - Canterbury Archaeological Trust | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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