File:Anglo-Saxon Cruciform Brooch (FindID 280325).jpg

English: An incomplete cast copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Anglo-Saxon/Early-Medieval date. It is missing the foot, catchplate and pin due to old breaks. The headplate is flat, rectangular in form and with extremely small rectangular wings that are practically non-existant although have suffered from some post-depositional wear. At the top of he headplate is an integrally cast full-round knob that has a dome-shaped head and deeply moulded waist. On the back face of the headplate is a single integrally cast lug that is semi-circular in form and contains the corroded remains of the iron pin. From the base of the headplate extends the bow, which is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face, and with a steeply curved U-shaped profile. It has rectangular panels at top and bottom, which are decorated with single triangular notches to either side and two transverse grooves at the point where the panel and bow meet. The bow between them is slightly faceted with a central rectangular rib and expands at the centre before contractng again towards the base.

This brooch measures 34.03mm in length (42.89mm in length including head knob), 11.74mm in width at wings, 3.89mm in thickness at headplate, and weighs 13.58g.

This is an incomplete Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. Similar published examples also lacking or having very small wings are noted from Coddenham, Ipswich, Ixworth, Tuddenham St. Martin and elsewhere in Suffolk (West, 1998: nos. 19.2, 96.5, 100.8, 128.11, 129.2, 129.5). These indicate a probable 5th to 6th century AD date for the current example.