Record ID: LANCUM-2FE7EF
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy pilgrim-badge. It depicts a robed figure, seated, holding a lamb - the Lamb of God. The figure may be on a boat although this is not certain, and is likely to represent St John the Baptist. On the back is a single loop for attachment to a garment. This badge is one of only a few of this type recorded to date, including BERK-29EB55 and YORYM-DB0F36, and an example from Fetter Lane, London (Ward Perkins 1967 [1940], 264, no. 36.146/2) Dimensions: It is 24mm wide and 22mm high, it weighs 2.9g Thanks to Rob Webley for identification 
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thelnetham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B1ADEC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible mount fragment. Cast openwork fragment, probably flat-backed. Two curled tendrils, one ending in a trilobate form and another as a spur, with surface detailing comprising a border line infilled by an open arrangement of diagonal lines. Abraded. The motif might be considered as either vegetal or zoomorphic. Suggested date: probably Medieval, 1100-1250 Length: 26.7mm, Width: 20.9mm, Thickness: 2.1mm, Weight: 4.1gms
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-25FEDB
Object type: TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of decorative ceramic floor tile dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1200-1450. The tile fragment is bi-chrome and inlaid with a white clay depicting the edge of a design that possibly features an animal (a leg and tail survive), surrounded by a plain double line border with a thicker line at the bottom. There is one bevelled edge (the other edges are broken).  Length (unbroken edge): 69.77mm, width: 61.29mm, thickness: 23.41mm, weight: 107.59g. 
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-995961
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant, probably dating to c AD 1150 - 1300. It is broadly pelta shaped but may originally have been scallop shaped, as the find has slight fluting along one side. The find also has slightly concave upper edges. The pendant has a incuse design which may have depicted a dragon or wyvern advancing left, tail curled to the right. However, all the inlay (perhaps enamel) is missing and so the motif is unclear. The reverse is plain and the integral suspension loop partly missing to an early break. Dimensions: 31.8mm…
Created on: Monday 26th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: SF-DE26ED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an annular copper-alloy medieval brooch. It is decorated with four raised collets projecting at equal intervals around the outer face of the fragment. The collets are angled slightly outwards; the settings have been lost and three out of the four collets retain traces of silver-gold paste or fixative within the mount. The pin fixings are not present on the fragment.  The use of collets likely dates the brooch to the 13th century (Alexander and Binski 1987). Length: 27.02mm, taken at the widest surviving point; Width (of …
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mid Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B654C8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, medieval, cast, copper alloy annular brooch dating to the 13th to 14th centuries AD. The annular frame is plano-convex with a slightly rounded convex decorated side and a constriction for a missing pin. It has seven evenly spaced circular projections, collets, each with a hollowed top, five of which contain cream or pale yellow paste. Diameter: 28.13 mm; Thickness: 2.99 mm; Weight: 3.76g
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pickworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1052F3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy mount from a buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1200 – 1450. The mount comprises a large central conical boss from which four evenly spaced, ovate sectioned arms extend to form a cross. Each arm terminates in a smaller conical boss. Each of the five bosses has a deep central circular recess, all except the central boss retain an applied white paste or solder. The reverse of the mount is flat with an integral cylindrical lug or rivet at the centre. The metal has a mid-green patina and is in fair condition. The object is 27.8mm long, 27.8mm wide, 7.5mm t…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-62D556
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with an offset, narrowed bar and a broad outside edge which is concave on the reverse. Both the convex front of the edge and the sides are decorated with twelve radial grooves which are inlaid with a black material, perhaps niello or lacquer. Weight 1.98g. Length 14mm. Width 19.5mm. Late 12th - 13th century. 
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D39354
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval annular brooch, broken, approx half survives, one end with sub-lozengiform plate with drilled perforation for the missing pin, the other end broken before the probable pin rest, the surviving triangular-sectioned side has a single projecting collet which is empty. Diameter c. 31mm (excluding projecting plate). Weight 2.55g. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Monday 17th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-06D11A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of copper-alloy medieval finger-ring with probable glass setting. It consists of a raised sub-conical bezel with a sub-circular sunken centre in which there is an incomplete shiny turquoise setting, probably glass. There is a broad groove or step across the bezel to either side of the setting, making a kind of shoulder, after which the hoop tapers to the breaks. The entire object, including the breaks, is worn. Surviving width from side to side, 13.0mm. Surviving length parallel to this, 6.7mm. Thickness (width of bezel) 5.1mm; depth of bezel (thickne…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NLM-F94464
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy annular brooch. A cast ring with eight cylindrical collets of height c.3.5mm and diameter 3.4mm equidistantly distributed around its display side, of which four retain traces of white fixative or otherwise degraded contents. The band may be beaded between the settings. A short drawn wire pin is wrapped around the frame. Abraded and lightly twisted. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1300 Diameter: 26.5mm, Band Width/Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 3.22g.
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-44E5C8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper alloy pendant, probably horse harness, dating to c AD 1200 - 1400. Ward-Perkins Type 1. It is shield shaped with a loop on a short stalk, at ninety degrees to the face of the shield. It is probably pseudo-heraldic (decorative) but has lightly moulded into its face a quite complex motif. A chevron lies across the centre with three indistinct devices within it, perhaps florals or quatrefoils. In the upper field are sets of three devices, one in each corner (six in chief), and in the lower field a set of four of the same fur ermine (four in the base). The d…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: BERK-EF5FB3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A significant fragment of a cast copper-alloy annular, Medieval brooch dating to c. 1200 - 1400 AD. The frame has lost a little under a quarter of its circumference, the pin remains in situ. The pin constriction and rest are marked by a bulbous extrusion that has been hand punched with numerous small circles or crescents. At ninety degrees to the pin section, there is a single remaining square tapered collet that probably contained a stone of some description. The opposite side is now missing. The remaining frame has a 'd' cross section and the surface is now a dark green and relative…
Created on: Friday 5th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
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Record ID: KENT-E4E114
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval cast copper-alloy suspension mount for a purse or other small item c.1250-1400 Description:The mount is formed from two equal semi-circular arches meeting at the centre with the outer ends of the projecting as straight attachment bars with squared end knops. An outer face is visible having been slightly bevelled along the arches leaving them angular D-shaped in cross-section with more rounded outer edges. Clear filing marks are visible from finishing. it has an even green patination. Measurements: 31.51mm long, 8.57mm wide, 1.73mm thick and 1.31g in weight. Discuss…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8DE7C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy annular brooch of Medieval date, c. AD 1200 - 1400. It has an annular frame that is D-shaped in section with flat reverse and rounded front face. The brooch has an incomplete pin. There is a single transverse grooved pin rest opposite the pin constriction. Evenly spaced around the frame are four oval collets, two of which retain a white paste, but all are missing their stones if set with those. Between each of the collets the frame sinks slightly. The brooch measures 18.84 mm in diameter, 1.59 mm in thickness at the frame, 2.53 mm at collets), and weighs …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th March 2019
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Record ID: NMS-22D1CB
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy pendant of probable late medieval - post medieval date. It comprises an annular rim with two discs of sheet metal pushed into the centre and held in place by a white concretion, possibly a chalk paste. Both plates exhibit repousse designs with apparently deliberate apertures designed to reveal the white concretion between the plates. The decoration on one plate is the Agnus Dei (lamb of God); the body and head voided in order to show the white concretion beneath. The other plate consists of a heater-shaped shield on cross pattee. The shield exhibits an abstract…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Record ID: OXON-124EBB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast Medieval annular brooch, c. 1200 - 1400 AD. The brooch is octagonal with modestly exaggerated points at each outer angle. The face has four 'collets', in which there is a white material, they are then interspersed by another four 'post'. Which may have held other adornments. The pin hole is present, but the pin is missing. The surface has a dark grey patina, perhaps indicative of a base silver/pewter content?
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
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Record ID: SF-2E4911
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy annular brooch dating to the Medieval period, c. 1200-1400. The brooch is composed of a sub-circular frame, a constriction on one edge retaining a wound-wire pin. The upper surface demonstrates eight raised collets, inset with alternately off-white stones and green glass inlays. Between each collet, the frame points outwards in a squat triangular lobe-each lobe demonstrating a stamped circular dimple at its centre. Preserved in good condition with an uneven brownish patina, it measures 25.21mm in diameter, c. 4.09mm thick at the collects, c. 1.6mm thick at…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-44BC5C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval finger ring, dating to AD 1300-1450. The broken hoop is sub-rectangular in cross-section; the bezel is sub-rectangular and it is flanked by six raised circular settings, which are place at the corners and in the middle of the two long sides of the bezel itself. The setting of the bezel, as well as the surroundings ones, are missing the glass or paste filling. the surfaces are not decorated and are moderately corroded. The style of the settings recalls the brooch in Biddle (1990, p.643, fig. 172, no. 2727), which is dated to the 14th century. Length of the …
Created on: Friday 1st February 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redlingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-9995E1
Object type: TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete decorated ceramic floor tile dating to the medieval period. The two-colour effect of the tile was achieved by etching a design into the clay base then filling these voids with a white clay. Coating the surface of the tile with lead glaze gives these tiles their distinctive yellow and brown colour scheme.The tile is decorated with an arc spanning its central width beneath which is a chevron with curved arms from which protrude seven 'fingers'. Beneath this the design would have comprised two further cheverons with curved arms, and can be paralled with a more complete tile…
Created on: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Spatial data recorded.