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English: Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy small-long brooch, 57mm long and 25mm wide. The brooch is in fair condition, although missing some edges, and has a green/brown patina.

The head of the brooch consists of a raised rectangular plate which appears to have a plain raised border 1mm wide, although this is unclear. There are three flat knobs projecting from the headplate. The uppermost knob is nearly complete, and has a line of triangular stamp impressions separating it from the head plate. The lateral knobs are less complete; more survives of the right side, and like the upper knob it is separated from the head plate by a line of stamped triangles.

Beneath the head plate is a bow c. 12mm long which has chamfered upper and lower edges but is otherwise plain. Below this are a pair of lappets, again with damaged edges. Both lappets have, towards their lower edges, holes through them. These are now incomplete. Below this is the foot of the brooch, which bears two narrow raised bands flanking a 3mm wide band. At this point the brooch has snapped.

The reverse of the head plate has two semi-circular lugs, 8mm wide, surrounded by iron corrosion. The catchplate, which is 6mm high and missing its curved section, begins on the reverse of the lappeted area and continues for 18mm vertically until the point the brooch has broken.

Small-long brooches date to the fifth or sixth centuries AD.