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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy early medieval small square headed brooch. The head plate of the brooch is rectangular and decorated with a concentric design of a three raised moulded lines that follow the rectangular outline. At the centre of the innermost border is a single horizontal raised line. The bow is gently arched. The foot is sub lozenge in shape with abbreviated side lobes and cuspal projections above. It tapers into an expanded terminal that is rectangular in plan and decorated with two concentric rectangular raised line borders and a single horizontal line, in the manner of the head plate. The brooch is decorated with a cross shaped design that runs from the bow onto the foot. It is formed from a beaded line that runs from the bow onto the foot. There are side arms running outwards to the lobes that form a cruciform shape At the centre of the cross is a dot. On the bow, the beaded line is flanked by three raised lines, of which the innermost line to each side runs down to the top of the arms of the cross. In the upper angles of the cross on the footplate are worn zoomorphic designs. In the lower angles there is a beaded border that follows the outline of the foot. Significant amounts of gilding survive. Where the copper alloy is exposed, it has a bright green patina. The reverse of the brooch is plain, with a green patina. The transverse pin bar lug is intact and holds substantial corrosive remains of the iron pin. The catch plate is almost complete but is missing its curl. The brooch is 40.36mm long and 20.14mm wide at the head. An exact parallel can be seen in MacGregor and Bollick, 1993, page 123, number 14.9.
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