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Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch
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Durham County Council, Lauren Proctor, 2013-04-22 12:05:31
Title
Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch
Description
English: The head plate of an incomplete copper alloy cruciform brooch dating to the Anglo Saxon period, the 5th to 6th century AD.

The brooch consists of a square plate with a narrow border. Projecting from the top of the plate is separately cast knop. There is a cut up the centre so that a section which is semi-circular in section sits on top of the plate. There is a collar around the knop at the point the knop projects from the plate with a narrow neck and a spherical terminal. At the opposite end of the plate there is a projection which is D-shaped in profile with a central groove. This projection curves forward and down and is the start of the bow of the brooch. The bow is broken just after the bow begins to curve back downwards. The rest of the brooch is missing including the foot and the catchplate. On the back of the plate there is a projection which is where the pin would have been attached and there is still some iron corrosion in place.

Cruciform brooches are dated to the 5th or 6th century AD and there are similar, more complete examples recorded on the PAS database: SWYOR-029546 and NMS-6FB276.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date EARLY MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 556542
Old ref: DUR-518F44
Filename: DUR-518F44.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/424106
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/424106/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/556542
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Object location54° 10′ 03.36″ N, 0° 42′ 44.73″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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