File:An incomplete possible bird brooch - reverse. (FindID 70738).jpg

English: An Early Medieval copper-alloy bird brooch. The brooch is incomplete and abraded and the breaks do not appear to be modern.The head of the bird is broken off and missing and there is some damage to the fan-shaped tail. The feet are joined together leaving a hole at the bottom; front and rear projecting toes have broken off. There are three raised ribs running horizontally along the length of the body towards the tail, possibly forming a stylised wing. Also, there are curved raised ribs above and below the 'wing' and two vertical raised ribs that divide the tail from the body. There are the remains of a small projection along the back of the bird. This is possibly the remains of a cross extending upwards from the bird's back (see Pedersen 1999 fig. 19 on the scanned images).The decoration is relief and could be of Ringerike style.

There are two lugs arranged in line with each other on the reverse, one at either end of the length of the brooch. No remains of the pin are present.

This is an unusual form of the 11th-century bird brooches discussed by Pedersen (1999), found in Denmark and England. For more conventional examples, see SUSS-44F203, SF-7B3CA5, SF-BCC403, BERK-5DED86, NMS-E7F720 and KENT-9F6987; another, but rather different, unconventional example is at SF-AD5FA7.