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Record ID: IOW-E6AEA9
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy die for making 'pressblech' foil mounts. (c. 500-c. 600).
This die is curved in plan with parallel sides. It is moulded at the front, flat and plain on the reverse. At the front within a plain border there is a raised design of a crouched Style 1 beast/animal lying on its side with its head to the right and a leg at the opposite end in one corner. The head is pointing downwards and the mouth is gaping. The body is stranded and interlaced.
This die is reddish brown with a small area of light green corrosion at the front…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-1C644F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval hooked escutcheon from a hanging bowl, probably dating from AD 500 - 700. The plate is broadly shield shaped, with a flat top and curved sides tapering towards each other, but there is a rounded projection at the base. This shape probably represents a bird as a whole.
The zoomorphic hook in the form of a bird's head projects from the centre of the flat top. It is decorated with three grooves running along the back of the hook, and terminates in a stylised rounded head and long tapering and downward curving beak. There are recesses to represent the eyes…
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th February 2019
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Record ID: SOM-63594D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Early Early-Medieval buckle plate, of Aquitanian-Frankish type. The piece is part of a flat plate with downturned edges giving a hollow back and now slightly bent in from each side. One end is complete and straight with two broken projecting rectangular bars which would have connected to the frame. Immediately below this edge are two circles marking the attachment point of bosses, now missing; the outer halves of which project from the sides of the plate widening it in this section, beyond the circles the plate continues with a rectangular section which ends in an irregular,…
Created on: Saturday 3rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Pulham CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PUBLIC-61770D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper-alloy and gilded button brooch (c. AD 500 - c. 550). Suzuki Class A3.
Description:
This brooch is circular in plan with a low rim.
The upper surface of the brooch has a raised border, alongside the inside of the rim which has been punched with regularly spaced 'dots'. Within the border is a central chip-carved anthropomorphic forward facing mask in relief. The 'helmet' (or possibly hair) is a semi-circular shape. The eyebrows and nose are formed of a single element and the eyebrows are horizontal and the nose is a sub-tri…
Created on: Sunday 29th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'North-West of Folkestone', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: KENT-06B559
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early-Medieval copper alloy bracelet decorated in the late Roman influenced Quoit Brooch Style (QBS), dating to the mid-5th century AD.
Description: The bracelet is formed from one long piece of rectangular sheet copper-alloy. The bracelet has been squashed flat with only one of the terminals remaining. This terminal is folded back on itself with a rectangular cut-out designed to accommodate a broad folded over tongue cut or attached onto the now missing other terminal. This extends about 3.8mm onto the back of bracelet. There is what appears to be a rivet flattened o…
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LIN-F3054B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description
Treasure reference 2017 T910: an Hispano-Visigothic silver buckle clasp dating to the seventh or first half of the eighth century. The clasp is a miniature version of the lyre-shaped type belonging to Ripoll's type D (G. Ripoll López 1999, 'Symbolic life and signs of identity in Visigothic times', pp. 403-446 in P. Heather [ed.], The Visigoths from the Migration Period to the Seventh Century: An ethnographic perspective, Boydell Press, Woodbridge, fig. 11-5).
The clasp is flat and comprises a sub-rectangular panel with an integral circular plate at the rear end.…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Martin', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-A1F47D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete (unfinished) Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy brooch (c. 450-c. 550). The pin lug is intact but has not been pierced.
The flat arms, slightly convex at the front and flat at the rear, are of slightly different lengths (17.5mm and 13.2mm) making the brooch not strictly equal-armed. They are broadly 'T'-shaped, with the rounded wide ends adjoining the bow (widths 12.4 and 11.1mm). The long elements both taper to a rounded end. The faceted bow that joins the arms curves very slightly in side profile. It is triangular in cross-section and flat at the rear. At the…
Created on: Sunday 21st August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: BH-9F86A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gilded silver brooch (or perhaps a mount) cast in the half-round form of a dove with an equal-armed cross projecting above its back. The wings, tail and plumage are indicated by grooves and depressions and the cross has a nielloed contour line. The bird has a prominent eye with a punched dot in the centre and a single leg with the claws at back and front broken off. On the back there is a rectangular loop underneath the tail, which may have been a catch for a pin, while a dark patch of solder at the other end appears to mark where a hinge lug for the pin would have been…
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Chrishall', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: FAKL-2931C4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval fitting decorated in the 'Quoit Brooch Style'. The fitting consists of a hollow, D sectioned tube, 12.8 x 8.3mm on one side of which is an integrally cast loop. This has a flat, 5.7 x 3.3mm section and one of its faces is edged by incised lines containing rows of angled lines. The loop is asymmetrically set, being level with the tube's undecorated, flat face. On the curved face of the tube are four, incised Quoit Brooch Style animals set in opposed and mirrored, pairs either side a central, transverse groove and separated by incised longitudinal lines. This is flanked b…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-11678B
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Published
Description: 14 metal ingot fragments with a roughly rectangular shape.
Dimensions:
Total Weight: 76.15g
Conclusion: Due to the undiagnostic nature of the find it cannot be securely dated to pre-1717 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Report compiled by:
Mafalda Raposo - Assistant Treasure Registrar, The British Museum
Approved by:
Barry Ager - Early Medieval Curator, The British Museum
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: IOW-FF9F35
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bow of an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) early cruciform brooch of Åberg's group I or II, or a small-long brooch (c. 475-c. 550)
This bow is sub-rectangular in plan and 'C'-shaped in cross-section. It is convex at the front and concave at the rear At each end there is a flattened area with horizontal grooves and the corners are bevelled/faceted.
The front is plain and green with areas of a darker green patina. The rear face is mainly covered with light green corrosion products. The breaks are old.
Height: 40.0mm; width: 15.1mm; thickness: 7.1mm. Weight: 11.01g.
Compare …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-B5D8E2
Object type: BOX
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) or Medieval silver zoomorphic hinge, possibly from a book-cover, box or casket. Treasure case no. 2015 T521.
The object is a hinged mount formed by two plates joined together by an iron pin. One plate, broken across in antiquity and now incomplete, is thin and flat and has three circular rivet holes. The break has occurred across two of them and the third one may be for a repair. The other plate is complete, broadly sub-rectangular in cross-section and concave sided, tapering from the hinge to a bulbous terminal in the form of an animal he…
Created on: Sunday 19th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2016
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Record ID: IOW-3ACD38
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy and gilded strap junction (c. 500-c. 600).
This is one arm and the central panel of a cruciform strap-junction with rectangular arms from a horse-harness/bridle. At the front there are two panels with a flat border around. One panel is rectangular and the other one is square. The rectangular panel contains a chip-carved skein pattern. The square panel contains a chip-carved feature, part of which may be in the form of an animal with a three-toed foot. On the rear face are two integral rivets, one at each end. Both rivets are c…
Created on: Friday 19th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LEIC-C5F14A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy mount, 45mm long, 42mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 20.87grams. The object is triangular in form and slightly domed. It consists of three isosceles triangular projections joined by their short edge to a central 'sub' triangular section. Where they join the central triangle, there is a semi-circular depression at each edge. The upper surface is decorated with a series of cells. Starting at the centre, there is a triangular cell sitting below a three petalled flower motif, formed of three cells. Each corner of the central triangular cell touches the ed…
Created on: Monday 1st June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2017
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Record ID: IOW-C2FD34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver-gilt great square-headed brooch (c. 410-c. 650). Treasure case 2015 T374.
This foot-plate fragment is part the inner foot-plate panel with a central lozenge shaped cell that contains a lozenge. Part of the curving footplate inner panel has zigzag edges. The rear face is flat and has the remains of a catch-plate.
The front is slightly worn and the breaks are old.
14.3mm (height); 12.1mm (width); 1.1mm (thickness); 5.5mm (thickness including catch-plate). Weight: 1.12g.
The design is very similar to the foot-plate inner pa…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2016
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: IOW-5A2E21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy radiate-headed brooch (c. 500-c. 600).
The pin is missing.
The head-plate, 16.8mm in width, is flat and semi-circular in plan with two side lobes at the base, one either side. There does not seem to have been a lobe at the apex. The edge is decorated with tiny 'nicks'. It has ten punch marks which are roughly quatrefoil in shape. The small bow with parallel sides is carinated at the front, flat at the rear. It has been nicked along the vertical centreline. Striations can be seen on the rear face of the bow. Immediately bene…
Created on: Friday 15th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: IOW-71C99A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) equal-arm brooch (c. 450-c. 550).
This fragment is the headplate of the brooch with two parallel pin lugs at the rear. The lower part of the brooch is missing.
Seen from the front, the sides taper from the bottom to the top. At the top there is a terminal lobe. Close to the bottom, just above the break, are two similar lobes, one at each side. Each of these lobes has a ring-and-dot motif. Smaller ring-and-dot motifs are just visible along the edges between the terminal lobe and lower lobes. The rear face has a pair of perforated pin …
Created on: Monday 4th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: KENT-B67EC2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unusual Early-Medieval copper alloy brooch, likely to be half of an equal-arm brooch, possibly dating to the 5th to 6th century AD. The brooch consists of the head-plate and approximately half of the bow, the rest has been broken off in antiquity. The head-plate is rectangular, with some damage on the left edge and appears to have a small chip-carved face. Below the face, the bow extends upwards at a steep angle. The bow has a raised central rib and raised border with a small triangle on either side of the bow. The central rib and border creates two sub-rectangular panel…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-E7CC69
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
REPORT ON POTENTIAL TREASURE FOR HM CORONER
Part of a Viking-period silver hoard from Flusco Pike, near Penrith, Cumbria
Ref.: 2015 T17 (addendum to 2005 T471)
PAS ref.: LANCUM-E7CC69
(Rec. no. 9059)
The find consists of 12 silver fragments from some 7 or fewer objects: part of the hoop of a brooch, a boss, 3 decorated sheet fragments, 6 fragments from the shanks of three brooch-pins, and a fragment of plain sheet silver, all described in further detail below, nos. 1-9. The pieces were found in November 2014 during controlled archaeological investigation by Wa…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Penrith', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SWYOR-989140
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A silver gilt plate brooch with pink gem or glass settings (perhaps pale garnets), which is probably Continental, Early Medieval and dating from AD 400 - 600. The brooch is quatrefoil in plan, with a smaller lobe in the outer angle of each pair of foils. The four outer lobes are circular settings for pink gem (garnet) or glass insets. Three of these survive. The last setting contains a white concretion, perhaps solder or cement for the missing gem. A similar sized circular cell, also missing its setting, is at the centre of the plate.
The four lobes of the quatrefoil are all decora…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.
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