Record ID: BH-48F3A3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An open-ended gilt copper-alloy ring of possible late Early-medieval date. There is much debate as to the function and date of these artefacts. They are thought by some to be ear-rings; however, the thickness of the terminals would seem to make them unsuitable for this purpose and a more likely explanation is that they are finger-rings. Similar gilt finger-rings have been described as Anglo-Scandinavian, although the recorder knows of no examples from securely dated contexts. The object has been cast in one piece and consists of a squashed (originally) circular hoop. The body is of …
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stokenchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-482DF7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy unidentified object of unknown date. The object is a curved bar which is circular in section at one end where it is also broken in antiquity, but which flattens and opens out into a flat triangular terminal at the other. It is 54.5mm long, 18.6mm wide and 11.7mm thick. Immediately before the terminal is a projecting zoomorphic head on one side of the bar only. There is also an incised chevron on the reverse where the terminal meets the bar. The object is pitted and corroded, but some areas of a deep brown glossy patina survive. Similar items are discussed in the January…
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-4732D4
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two joining fragments of a mount from an early-medieval hanging bowl. The complete mount would have been circular with a central circular hole and three evenly-spaced holes of the same size in the field. The mount would have been enamelled, probably in red, but there is no obvious sign of this. The back is undecorated. 7th century AD.
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-42F264
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Saxon Ansate brooch with simple rounded terminals, one of which is worn or incomplete. Decoration consists of four groups of short longitudinally of five and six engraved lines, at both terminals, at both ends of the bow and at its very abruptly angled mid-point. Those at the worn end are scarcely visible. The pin lug is entirely encased in the remains of the spring and the flap of the short and high catchplate is missing. Thorle 2001 Gruppe X A3. Length 32mm. Width 5mm. Height (excluding catchplate and pin lug) 6.5mm. 8th – 9th century.
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Acre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-42B4E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Equal-arm brooch of very unusual type, with much of the surface obscured by pockmarks and corrosion, flap of catchplate missing and iron staining around pin lug. Both arms are decorated with three sets of transverse grooves, the outer two separated from the inner one by a flat area with chamfered edges. On the D-sectioned bow a double median groove runs between rectangular panels forming facets at the ends. Both panels are decorated with transverse grooves. The narrow arms, transverse grooves and side chamfers are quite unlike those found on standard Anglian equal-armed brooches (Hine…
Created on: Friday 9th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayton', grid reference and parish protected.