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Description: | An incomplete Early Medieval small long brooch, dating AD 450-600. Only the head and part of the bow remain. The head is rectangular in shape with part of the curved bow projecting from the centre of the lower edge. The bow straightens out at the end, with a small part of the catchplate still present on the reverse. On the reverse of the head plate are traces of a loop, now broken, which contains traces of an iron spring pin. There are no traces of any decoration on the object. The object has a dark brown colouration with orange brown staining on the reverse from the iron pin. Several similar brooches are published in MacGregor and Bollick, though most are decorated (1993, nos, 15.12-15.35). Due to the condition of this example, it is difficult to draw exact parallels. It is noted in the same volume that small long brooches are found in the 5th century and continue well into the 6th century AD (ibid. p. 125).Dimensions: length: 40.73 mm; width: 23.45 mm; thickness: 15.02 mm; weight: 13.63g.Reference: MacGregor, A and Bollick, E. 1993. A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (Non-ferrous metals). Oxford: BAR 230.
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