Record ID: NLM-8C621C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast concavo-convex hollow backed side or top knob from an Early Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch. A hemispherical or half round terminal with two deep moulded grooves, and with a rib between and after the grooves. Incised decoration comprises a finely incised line at the inner end of the terminal, and similar paired lines on the ribs. A sub-rectangular bevelled tab and a probably drilled fixing hole relate to the attachment of the knob to the head of the brooch; the outer end bears two rust spots and a pinhole within suggesting the loss of an iron fixing pin…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Spatial data recorded.