File:Early Medieval, Incomplete great square headed brooch (FindID 559117).jpg

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Early Medieval: Incomplete great square headed brooch
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2013-05-07 16:51:42
Title
Early Medieval: Incomplete great square headed brooch
Description
English: An incomplete cast copper alloy gilded great square headed brooch fragment, of Early Medieval dating (c. AD 450 to c. AD 600).

Less than 25% of the brooch is present, consisting only of part of the bow and a small amount of the head plate. The rest of the brooch is missing, presumed lost in antiquity.

The brooch fragment is sub triangular in plan, and curved in section. The front has been gilded. The front exhibits linear decoration, with two lines to either side of a central circular element. The outside edges exhibit a stamped square repeating design. The reverse is plain and undecorated.

It measures 26.27 mm in length, 24.18 mm wide and 4.13 mm thick (at the bow). It weighs 9.7 g.

The brooch is a mid green colour, with gilding and an even surface patina.

A similar great squared headed brooch was recorded from grave A11, located in the Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Beckford, Herefordshire & Worcestershire (Evison & Hill, 1996, p 98, fig 11) and considered to date from c. AD 475 to c. AD 550.

Reference:
Evison, V. & Hill, P. 1996. Two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Beckford, Hereford & Worcester. CBA Research Report 103. CBA. York.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Staffordshire
Date between 450 and 550
Accession number
FindID: 559117
Old ref: WMID-922C17
Filename: WMID-922C17.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/425852
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/425852/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/559117
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Object location52° 41′ 17.52″ N, 1° 41′ 05.32″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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