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Cruciform Brooch
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Lisa Staves, 2004-07-23 14:50:59
Title
Cruciform Brooch
Description
English: A complete cast copper alloy early Anglo Saxon cruciform brooch in excellent condition. The head consists of a central panel (measuring 10.3mm in height and 12.5mm in width) with no side wings and a top knob. The top knob is circular in section and measures 8.3 in diameter. 


 The narrow high arched bow has a length of 28.3mm and a width of 10.1mm. It is plain except for transverse grooves at each terminal end. 
 

 Below the bow is a slightly semi-circular panel with a flat ridge in the centre. It has two transverse grooves above and below it. The tapering foot then terminates into an animal-head terminal in the form of a bird. The head has two incised oval eyes and a rounded beak. 
 

 On the back of the head, behind the head plate are the remains of a pin mechanism, which is heavily encrusted in iron corrosion. This would suggest that the pin was iron. Behind the foot panel is a short catchplate (measuring 13.3mm in length) which has a semi-circular perforation on the top edge.
The overall length of the brooch is 77.6mm and the width is 12.5mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 410 and 500
Accession number
FindID: 70961
Old ref: NLM-0F8313
Filename: NLM07935.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/31415
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/31415/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/70961
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Object location53° 25′ 06.96″ N, 0° 09′ 47.67″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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