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Description: | A near-complete trefoil-headed small-long brooch in corroded condition. The central upper lobe of the headplate is larger than the side-lobes, but all three appear rounded in outline, and no distinction is visible between these arms of the headplate and the central panel. There is no visible gooveing, patterning or stamping on the headplate. It possessed a single central lug for the attachment of the pin, which is mostly corroded or abraded away. The large upper lobe measures 15mm across and projects 8mm above the top of the side-arms, the full height of the headplate being 19mm. The side-arms are 9-10mm in height, and project about 6mm beyond the breadth of the upper lobe. The full width of the headplate is 26mm. The bow spans about 18mm, and is mostly chamfered, with inward-facing knuckles at either end on both sides, and a central ridge. Transverse grooves are visible between the lower knuckles, and also at the beginning of the first straight section of the foot. The bow tapers in width from 8.5mm near the headplate to 6.5mm at its lower end, and has a maximum thickness of 4mm. The first section of the foot below the bow, over a distance of 6.5mm between two sets of transverse grooves, is three-faceted (with an upper surface and side-chamfers), and at this point the breadth of the foot is 5.5mm. Below the lower grooves it expands slightly to 6mm and is there broken off. The catchplate on the underside of the foot's stem is mostly lost, but represented by a small lumpy feature among the corrosion. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 475
575 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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