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Description: | A fragment of an Anglo-Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch dating to the sixth century AD. The fragment comprises the head and a small section of the bow. The head plate has a decorated central panel. There is a single ring and dot at the centre of the central panel. A vertical row of smaller stamped ring and dot decoration marks out the margins of the central panel on each side. Only one wing is preserved in its entirety. A row of faint semi-circular stamp marks is visible along the edge of the wing. An integral hemispherical section rounded end knob extends from the wing. The fragmentary bow is hemispherical in section and hollow. On the underside of the headplate, the corroded lug for attaching the pin is visible. There is iron corrosion surrounding this lug. The brooch fragment measures 42mm in length, 50mm in width.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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