Find Spot record 5696 - Early Medieval Penannular brooch from Vale Royal

Portable Antiquities Scheme find provenance information:
Date found: 01 August 2009 (Ante)
Methods of discovery: Metal detector
Cast copper alloy Penannular brooch dating to the Early-Medieval period. It is circular in plan and in cross-section. The hoop is ribbed. The terminals are polyhedral. It has a long pin which is slightly bent. It is 24.34mm in length. The pin consists of a single piece of copper alloy which is folded over at the top forming an attachment loop to the buckle. The top of the pin is ribbed. The brooch is of Fowler's (1963, p 98-160) Type G, Fowler outlines the problems in dating brooches of this type and suggests a wide date range from the 4th century through to the 8th century (ibid, p 107-9), although this example is likely to date to the 5th or 6th century.

Similar examples which can be found on the database are SOM-0B1693 and NMGW-FF0EE5.
Penannular
Method of manufacture: Cast
Length: 22.12 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 3.35 mm
Weight: 4.1 grams
Completeness: Complete
General landuse: Character undetermined
Specific landuse: Cultivated land

<1> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

<2> Fowler, Elizabeth, 1963, Celtic Metalwork of the Fifth and Sixth centuries A.D., p98-160 (Journal/Periodical). SCH5488.