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Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Adam Daubney, 2003-10-20 11:48:57
Title
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch
Description
English: Near complete cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Rectangular headplate with a collared and half-rounded knob cast with the brooch. The two side knobs are missing. The knob is domed in outline. The headplate shows no sign of decoration. Arched bow faceted at the corners, convex in front with a central ridge, and concave behind. The bow is outlined with punched crescents. Rectangular plate below bow with a small concave section on either side, leading onto another rectangular section consisting of one central facing section, and two sloping either side. Dounle collar below leading onto an animal head terminal with very pronounced eyes and nostrils. A double incised 'X' quarters the face of the animal. Catchplate intact. Iron corrosion on pin lug.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 500 and 599
Accession number
FindID: 53501
Old ref: LIN-3B4676
Filename: LIN793D.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/10851
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/10851/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/53501
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Object location53° 19′ 23.88″ N, 0° 22′ 24.8″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current13:34, 30 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 13:34, 30 January 2017877 × 2,057 (253 KB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, LIN, FindID: 53501, early medieval, page 545, batch count 9477