{"id":2213,"date":"2025-06-25T20:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?p=2213"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:37:30","slug":"small-long-brooch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/small-long-brooch\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Long Brooch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Finds from Wirral &#8211; Small Long Brooch<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"2135\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/small-long-brooch\/small_long_brooch2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Small_long_Brooch2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Small Long Brooch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Small Long Brooch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2135\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"2134\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/small-long-brooch\/small_long_brooch1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Small_long_Brooch1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2134\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small_long_Brooch1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This is a \u201csmall long\u201d brooch dating from AD 450-550. It is broken and would have been longer at the bottom in this photograph.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There are still traces of the iron pin on the rear. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This is an unusual find in our part of the world as these brooches are normally found in the South and East of England. As such it has been designated by PAS as of County\/Local Importance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/115830\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/115830<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finds from Wirral &#8211; Small Long Brooch This is a \u201csmall long\u201d brooch dating from AD 450-550. It is broken and would have been longer at the bottom in this photograph. There are still traces of the iron pin on the rear. 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A complete silver annular brooch dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1250-1350). The brooch has a circular frame\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Finds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LVPL-ED3F75_66cf11f21cc3f.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2217,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/annular-brooch\/","url_meta":{"origin":2213,"position":4},"title":"Annular Brooch","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"25\/06\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds from Wirral - Annular Brooch This is a section of just less than a quarter of a copper alloy flat annular brooch dated to AD 410-570. The two lines at the right is where the pin would have sat and you can see traces of a basic zig zag\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Finds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Annular_Brooch_1158331.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Annular_Brooch_1158331.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Annular_Brooch_1158331.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Annular_Brooch_1158331.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Annular_Brooch_1158331.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1946,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/bridle-bit\/","url_meta":{"origin":2213,"position":5},"title":"Bridle Bit","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"15\/02\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds From Wirral Bridle Bit An interesting little recent find is this small piece of Bridle Bit \u00a0dated by the experts to AD 1000 to AD1100. 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