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Description: | Early Medieval copper alloy brooch terminal, probably from a pseudo-penannular brooch of late 9th to early 10th century dateThe brooch is represented by the left terminal only (with a surviving length of 40.4mm, a width of 25.3mm and a weight of 8.5g). The broken hoop remnant is convex and has a hollow underside (with a width of 9mm a depth of 2.8mm and a thickness of 1.9mm). The three-dimensional terminal has a circular centre (6.0mm deep), flanked by three peripheral lentoid lobes or crescentic cusps (13-14mm long and 5mm wide), one of which is damaged. The lentoid lobes are separated by rounded knops, possibly devolved beast's heads. The hoop stems from off-centre of one of the lentoid lobes. At the centre of the terminal is a circular recessed cell (4.1mm diameter), which is likely to have held a setting, possibly of blue glass and is now lost. At the centre of the recessed cell, there appears to be copper or copper alloy corrosion from a pin, probably used to help secure the setting. The pin does not penetrate to the rear of the terminal. A ring between the lobes and central setting (with a diameter of 6.8mm - 13.0mm) contained cast interlace decoration, now corroded and probably comprising three intertwined strands. Remnant traces of gilding survive in the recessed areas of the interlace. There is a terminal knop protruding from between two of the lobes, which probably would have been connected to the right terminal, forming a pseudo-penannular brooch. There is the suggestion of a grooved border around the base of the terminal and a small mark on the knop may be the remnants of applied decoration, now largely lost. The rear of the brooch is hollow with a circular recess (20mm diameter). The middle decorative ring is perforated (1.5mm diameter), in line with the terminal knop and is surrounded with iron corrosion, possibly suggesting the terminal was reused as a decorative mount and pinned to some unknown object. The surface has a pale green patina.The brooch is of Irish type and in Wales can be closely paralleled with a pseudo-penannular brooch terminal and part of the hoop excavated at Llangorse Crannog, Powys. The Llangorse terminal is of very similar form and is also hollowed on the reverse but is somewhat larger (with a width of 33mm). The Llangorse brooch has been stylistically and contextually dated to the late 9th to early 10th century (Redknap, 2005) . The Llandow and Llangorse brooches fall into the Irish group characterised by the 'Dunshaughlin', 'Breadalbane', Co. Cavan and Kilshanny brooches.
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