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Description: | Early Medieval (5th to 6th centuries) small-long brooch: The copper alloy brooch has a small rectangular, undecorated, head plate. The reverse of the head plate has an integral vertical lug alongside which there is a fragment of an iron spring. The bow protrudes from the lower edge of the plate and is narrowed, short, and high-arched before tapering to the lower segment of the bow. Towards the foot of the bow there is a rectangular band. On the reverse of this section there is a fragment of an integral solid catchplate. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete well developed dark grey patina. The brooch measures 45.18mm long and 19.31mm wide. The weight is 7.54g.The brooch is an Early Medieval small-long brooch which date to the 5th to 6th centuries. This type of brooch was usually worn in pairs. A similar brooch is illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick (1993), No. 15.25 from Abingdon, Oxfordshire.MacGregor and Bolick 1993 A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections B.A.R. 120
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