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These were the simplist of the circular type of brooch. They were made from a disc of metal, usually bronze, and were again usually worn in pairs. |
Disc brooches were often decorated with circles and dots, or small triangles. This type of brooch was popular in Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire and the South of England in the fifth and sixth centuries. |
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In Kent a different style of disc brooch developed, which was decorated with garnets, glass and gold. This particular brooch (AN1934.202) was found at Sarre in Kent and dates from the 6th/7th centuries. Click here to see a drawing by ET Leeds of a brooch like this from Faversham in Kent. |
See more examples of disc and garnet booches in the virtual gallery (case 2 and case 1) |
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