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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy bow brooch of Early Early-Medieval date (c. AD 450 - c. AD 525). Length 34.1mm, maximum width 12.6mm, maximum thickness of bow 4.1mm. Weight 4.77g.The head-plate is incomplete and would have originally been semi-circular in plan with three lobes around the periphery, probably one at the top and one at each side. The bow has a length of 15.0mm and is 7.0mm in width. At the front, along the median longitudinal centre-line, the bow has a pronounced carination. The foot-plate is sub-triangular in plan and has a length of 12.0mm and a width at the top of 9.5mm. It has a lobe at each top angle. Both lobes are decorated with a ring-and-dot motif (the lobe in the left angle is incomplete). The foot-plate is also decorated along each side with similar ring-and-dot motifs. However, these are barely visisble and some appear to be lost due to wear. The foot-plate terminal is missing but was probably in the form of a disc or lobe. Viewed form the side, the bow is mildly arched. The rear faces of the bow and foot-plate are generally flat. The rear of the head-plate is totally obscured by a large deposit of iron corrosion, all that remains of the hinge/spring mechanism. This deposit suggests that the missing pin would also have been composed of iron. The complete catch-plate is situated on the upper part of the foot-plate and is on the longitudinal centre-line. When viewed from the side the catch-plate is D-shaped in profile.The copper alloy part odf the brooch that is not corroded is in fair condition and the condition of the iron part is very poor. It has a mid-green patina overall.There is no evidence for burning or melting.This brooch does not fall into a standard classification. However, in form, it is somewhere between a small-long and a radiate-headed brooch. Consequently, it has been classified as a bow brooch.A similar brooch has been found in Shalfleet Parish, Isle of Wight. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: IOW-25CA93
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