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Description: | Early Medieval (5th to 6th centuries) small-long brooch: The copper alloy brooch fragment is possible the foot and a short portion of the bow. The foot is a semi-circle in plan, with the apex of the edge forming the lower edge. Integral to the upper edge there is the bow protruding which is narrowed, has straight, tapering sides. The outer face of the foot is undecorated, but the lower portion of the bow has three transverse ridges. The lower two appear to have fine low-relief chevrons. Above these ridges the bow is undecorated before the bow is broken. The bow was not broken recently. The reverse of the bow, but not the foot, there is a vertical, off-centre ridge which was probably formed the catchplate originally. The surface of the brooch has a well-developed mid-dark green patina. The brooch measures 30.23mm long, 21mm wide across the foot, 3.9mm thick at the bow. The weight is 4.14g.The brooch is an Early Medieval small-long brooch which date to the 5th to 6th centuries (Geake 2001 Finds Recording Guide 1.1 unpublished). These type of brooches were usually worn in pairs. A similar brooch is illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick (1993, No. 15:45)MacGregor A., and Bolick E., 1993 A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, British Series 230.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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