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Description: | a copper alloy fragment from an Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch, distorted due to heat probably as the result of cremation. It is the foot of the brooch only, with a horse head terminal and the rest of the brooch missing. The terminal is spatulate below the nostrils. The brooch fragment measures 29.77mm in length and is 8.95mm wide at the lower terminal. It weighs 3.18g.Other fragments have been found associated with Anglo-Saxon long brooches and other artefacts suggesting a cemetery site in this area, for example YAX SF-3CEB56.
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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