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Description: | An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch, dating AD 450-550. Only the head remains, consisting of a central rectangular plate and three knops spaced at 12, 3 and 9 o'clock. There is a trace of the bow projecting from the remaining side, though it is broken close to the plate. There is a trace of a hinge on the reverse with orange-brown iron corrosion staining across the surface, suggesting the pin was made of iron. The pin is no longer present. The object has been so worn that much of the decoration is no longer visible. There is a raised rectangular panel in the centre and punched dots running around the edges of the head. The knops are formed of a thick collar at the plate end, some still have traces of linear engraved decoration. Above the collar is a constriction and then the knop ends in two domed projections, the outer being smaller. The object has a mid-dark patina.Similar objects can be seen in MacGregor and Bollick (1993, 99-100) though with slightly different form to this example. There are further similar examples on the PAS database, cf. NMGW-DD2C4E. All date to the late 5th-early 6th century AD.Dimensions: length: 37.60 mm; width: 57.17 mm; thickness: 11.87 mm; weight: 18.83g.
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