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Description: | Two worn cast copper alloy fragments of an Anglo-Saxon great square-headed brooch. One fragment is from the bow of the brooch and has an arched upper section with the remains of three raised ribs; beneath this is a worn broadly triangular section that depicts the face of a fantastical creature with pronounced eyebrows, eyes and cheek bones and a curled snout or mouth reminiscent of a handlebar moustach. The reverse of the bow section has two broken lugs that would have held the hinged pin. This section measures 20.2mm wide x 21.9mm high and weighs 6.9gms.The second fragment may be one of the arm or wing sections of the brooch, and again may have the face of a fantastical creature; a raised central rib is present on this fragment. This section measures 15.9mm wide x 17.2 long x 2.2 thick. It weighs 1.8gms. The fragments are too small to be able to ascertain what class (or Hines' Type) of great-square headed brooch it belongs to, however Dr Kevin Leahy has commented on this style of brooch with the face element, and dates them to c. AD 520-570.
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