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Description: | An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) plate brooch in swastika-like form (c. 410-c. 500)In plan, it is roughly square with a cut-out close to each corner. One corner of the brooch is missing due to a break. The front is decorated with punched semi-circles forming a border at the edge. At the centre a ring-and-dot motif is surrounded by four similar and equally spaced motifs. The central motif is slightly larger than the others. At the rear there is an elongated pin lug and a catch-plate. These are complete and the perforation in the pin lug contains part of an iron axis bar for the missing pin.This brooch has a green patina and the front is pitted. At the front, feint traces of a white metal coating are visible in places. Iron staining is present on the lug and upper part of the rear face. The break is old.Height: 27.92mm; width: 27.43mm; thickness of plate: 2.89mm; overall thickness: 11.34mm. Weight: 11.16g.Compare with a similar brooch from Scole Parish, Norfolk: NMS-317096.
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