Record ID: WMID-3D89D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast gilded copper-alloy cast saucer brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date, dating from circa AD 450 to 550. The remains of the brooch show that the front surface was decorated with a moulded 'running spirals' design. Some of the gilding has abraded away, exposing a black surface. Elsewhere patches of green copper corrosion are visible. On the reverse the remains of the broken hinge for the pin, or possibly the catchplate, are visible. The brooch fragment measures 23.64 mm long, 17.07 mm wide, 1.89 mm thick and weighs 2.2 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-3A3CD4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval strap end of Thomas Class A dating from 750 - 950 AD. It is probably a Trewhiddle type, but the plate is worn and the decoration is no longer visible. There is a worn zoomorphic snout at the closed end with very prominent ears emphasised by deep circular depressions. At the attachment end, the strap end splits into two plates leaving a space for the strap. There are two rivet holes in the attachment end. See FRG Datasheet 32.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-373D87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval silver coin; a sceat of Series E (secondary type, uncertain subclass) dating from 710 - 765. Compare examples on page 117 of Abramson. This example is similar to Variety A, but the Ts on the standard do not have cross bars.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 31st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-36E4E6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount from an Early Medieval hanging bowl. The mount is circular; the edges are slightly damaged, but the majority of the mount survives. The mount is thick and convex in profile, suggesting it is a mount from the side of the bowl rather than the base. The front is decorated with moulded cell recesses; one central circle which is surrounded by smaller circles at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock. In between these four circles are trefoil cell recesses. All of these cells are set with numerous small square and circular panels of fine millefiori glass. The central circular cell h…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eastchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-36CB62
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete dress hook made from copper alloy and dating to the Early Medieval period. The object is an example of Read Class A, Type 2. It is sub circular in plan with one curved edge that tapers towards a break where the hook would have been. There are two perforations on the object, but no other visible decoration. The metal is a mottled green and brown in colour and is very corroded. It weighs 1.4g, measuring 14.00mm in length and 13.9mm in width.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-368B05
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead gaming piece probably dating to the Early Medieval period. The object is circular in plan and rectangular in section, both the top and bottom are circular. One circular side of the object is broken and there is no decoration. The metal is white in colour and the object weighs 7.8g, measuring 11.00mm in height and 9.0mm in diameter. Similar examples can be found on this database, for example SWYOR-45BD61. .
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012
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Record ID: DUR-364D14
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead gaming piece probably dating to the Early Medieval period. The object is circular in plan and triangular in section, both the top and bottom are flat and circular. There is no decoration. The metal is white in colour and the object weighs 11.1g, measuring 10.4mm in height and 10.5mm in diameter. Similar examples can be found on this database, for example SWYOR-21BDC3.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-27C9B6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin of Early-medieval date. The head of the pin is all that remains and is circular in both plan and section. A slight medial ridge is present around the circumference and the globular head tapers into the beginnings of the shaft. The shaft proper has been lost to old breaks. The metal has a dark brownish-green patina and is worn. The pinhead is 13.4mm long, 9.4mm in diameter and weighs 3.1g.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Duffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-278101
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of Late Early-Medieval to Medieval date. The mount is sub-triangular, with outward bowing sides and a damaged apex loop. The decoration, executed in high relief, depicts a lion standing right, its left paw raised, its head and neck tilted backwards. The tail loops beneath the body, back across it and terminates above, in a loop which touches the ear of the animal. The head is located central to the top of the panel, the splayed jaws immediately below a rounded lobe protruding downwards from the apex loop. There are two circular perforations within…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shabbington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-264485
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of early-medieval date. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A with zoomorphic terminal thought the degree of wear makes ascribing an exact Type difficult. The strap end is a pointed oval in shape with a zoomorphic terminal at the closed end and an irregular worn break at the opposite end. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a crude forward facing animal head with recesses for the eyes and a snub snout. A triangular recess behind the eyes bears traces of silvering. The rest of the strap end is extremely worn and any decoration has been rend…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Duffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-254FE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast copper alloy, Anglo Saxon, cruciform or small-long brooch dating from AD400-600. It consists of the bow and that part of the foot holding the catch plate. Both the upper and lower portions of the brooch have broken away in antiquity and are missing. Above the bow are two narrow, transverse grooves beneath a shallow semicircle of four inverted crescents. The bow itself is decorated with three lateral grooves running down the centre, bordered by punched crescents. Beneath the bow are two transverse grooves separated by a ridge marked with small, punched rectangles. There …
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 24th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-24B916
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Early Medieval bow brooch, circa AD450-550. Identified by Helen Geake as a small-long brooch which is imitating a square-headed brooch, due to the lack of relief ornament. The lower bow, footplate and pin are missing and the surfaces of the object are abraded. The damage is not new. The head of the brooch is a sub-rectangular plate with rounded corners. An integrally cast rectangular lug is present on the centre reverse of the plate. The front surface of the brooch is not decorated although it is possible that the punched dot decoration often present on thi…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-249001
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy early-medieval saucer brooch. The brooch is in poor condition, possibly not of the best quality originally; the brooch is sub-circualr and retains only a small fragment of its flared rim; an anthropomorphic face maskdecorates the front of the brooch, depicting hairline, eyebrows and nose, open oval eyes and an open mouth. No evidence of gilding can be seen, and the reverse of the brooch retains only a trace of the catchplate. Although usually face masks are seen on button brooches, this example is too large to qualify and is therefore labelled a saucer …
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-0FE756
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of early-medieval date. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A, Type 1 with zoomorphic terminal and Trewhiddle decoration. The strap end is a pointed oval in shape with a zoomorphic terminal at the closed end and an irregular break towards the attachment end which no longer remains. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of a forward facing animal head with prominent rounded eyes and snub snout. The main body is decorated with a recessed sub-rectangular field bearing a raised looping beast design. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The meta…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barkston Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0E8C32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cruciform brooch: fully round waisted top knob with two grooves, detachable side knobs missing, along with one edge of tiny headplate. The bow is D-sectioned in form with a pair of median grooves and rectangular panels forming facets at top and base; the former with single transverse groove and the latter with a pair. The foot plate has side notches, pairs of transverse grooves above and below a length with chamfered sides, and an elongated horse head terminal. The catchplate is extant and there is an incomplete single pin lug with remains of an iron spring on the reverse. All the d…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scole', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0E03A1
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Extremely worn and incomplete applied bar of sleeve clasp of Hines form B13, B14 or B17, a narrow ribbed section between two plain lengths. It measures >23.5mm in length and dates to the late 5th - early 6th century.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0DFF35
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval coin; a styca probably of AEthelred (840 - 848), Group A, moneyer uncertain. The spelling of Aethelred suggests Pirie's group A1 and could be from the first or second reign.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 27th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-0D0012
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an iron spearhead, probably Early Medieval. Leaf-shaped blade and split socket. The end of the blade has been lost. Swanton group B. Blade width: 28mm. Blade thickness: 6.3mm. Socket diameter: 17mm.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F6D394
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval, copper-alloy stirrup terminal with trilobate, foot-like form. At the top is an incomplete tube which runs with open reverse down the back of the terminal; it flares to a closed end on the reverse at the lower end. The tube would have fitted around the iron stirrup and the inside and edges of the tube have some signs of iron corrosion staining. The lower end of the terminal flares out to end in three projecting rounded 'toes'. The central toe is slimmer and projects out approximately 2mm from the base. The left and right toes are wider and more blunt but are very cor…
Created on: Sunday 13th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-E6A683
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy disc brooch, dating from the early part of the Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. Just over half of the disc remains, the rest having been lost in antiquity. At the middle of the flat upper surface, there is an incomplete punched ring-and-dot mark, with two concentric grooves around a central perforation. This central mark was originally surrounded by a ring of further such marks, three of which occupy the perimeter of the remaining portion of plate. The damaged hinge, located on the back of the brooch, approximately 5mm down from the top edge, consists…
Created on: Saturday 12th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fritwell', grid reference and parish protected.