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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy long brooch of Anglo-Saxon date. It is missing the foot and pin due to old breaks and has evidence of post-depositional wear and corrosion but is otherwise intact. The headplate is lozenge shaped in form, flat and with projecting knops at each corner. These are oval shaped in form and D-shaped in section with rounded ends and possible transverse mouldings although this is uncertain due to their preservation. At the centre of the headplate is a raised vertical rectangular panel running from the top knop to the bow. On the back face of the headplate is an integrally cast double semi-circular lug that holds in place the corroded remains of an iron pin, which is now mostly missing due to old breaks, its original form uncertain. The bow is rectangular in form, relatively highly arched and with a slightly concave back face. At top and bottom of the bow are rectangular panels with bevelled edges but no evidence of any other decorative elements surviving. The front face of the bow has a slight flattened vertical rib. On the back face of the foot is the start of an integrally cast catchplate, but its precise form is uncertain due to the brooch terminating in old breaks. The entire object measures 45.48mm in length, 25.41mm in width at headplate, 7.97mm in width at bow, 3.47mm in thickness at bow, and 9.09g in weight.This is an incomplete Anglo-Saxon long brooch, probably of cruciform form, although the headplate is of unusual form. Similar brooches are noted from Gisleham and Wattisfield in Suffolk (West, 1998: nos. 47.3, 133.6) and suggest a 5th to 6th century AD date for the current example.
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