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Description: | This copper alloy Penannular brooch has a diameter of 65.48mm and weighs 18.03 grammes. It is formed from a single length of undecorated metal, subcircular in section and 4mm wide, that is curved around in a 'C' shape with a moulded terminal at each end. The terminals are subrectangular in plan and section and have a length of 10.32mm, are 7.92mm and 6.6mm wide respectively, and 4mm thick. Each terminal is moulded so that it indents slightly at either side, at either end. Between the two indentations, on both sides, is a single dot. The terminals are fairly worn and the main body of the brooch is also worn and pitted but with a fairly even dark green patina. The pin is missing. This brooch is possibly a Fowler type 'F' and probably dates to the fifth century, if not the late fourth. It is suggested that brooches like this were being made in Northern Britain and the west Midlands during the primary settlement of the Anglo Saxons, and were then widely copied by Irish raiders who took the design back to Ireland.See Fowler, E. 1963 Celtic Metalwork of the Fifth and Sixth centuries: a reappraisal. The Archaeological Journal, 98-160, especially page 102, figure 3, number 1 (from Gloucestershire).
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