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Early Medieval silver penannular brooch
A fragment of an early medieval silver penannular brooch. One terminal and about 40% of the hoop has survived.
The surviving terminal has a flat lozenge-shaped form, with rectangular cross-section, similar in thickness to that of the oval hoop, which has an oval cross-section. It is decorated on the external face with a central ring-and-dot motif, surrounded by four single punched dots. The terminal has bevelled edges on front and back faces. Gilding survives in the recessed decoration, suggesting that the terminals, if not the whole brooch, were once gilded.
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Site Name: Penllyn, Vale of Glamorgan
Notes: Found on 7-8 July 2017, on pasture with the aid of a metal detector at a depth of about 10cm (4 inches).