Record ID: NARC-DCD840
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gilt copper-alloy Brooch of Early-Medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) date (AD 750-850). The object is a disc brooch of Weetch type 12. The object is sub ovate due to breaks which have resulting in the loss of the majority of the outer edges and portions of the inner plate. The upper surface is extensively decorated in chip carving within two cells flanking a raised expanding linear ridge.  This formed one arm of a dividing cross, a device often seen on these brooches. The object retains two large, silver, globular-headed rivets, one in the centre…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
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Record ID: NARC-0A0C55
Object type: SPACER BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold Spacer Bead of Early Medieval date (AD 600-700). Ascribed culture, Anglo-Saxon. Description: The object is composed of a sheet of gold, conical in its original form, but now compressed, giving a flattened, sub-rectangular shape. The object is decorated with applied filigree wire. The upper and lower edges have beaded wire collars, the lower edge would have attached to a second, similar, cone to form a complete bi-conical spacer bead. This is missing and there is a short fracture along the right upper and lower edges, due to the compression of the object. …
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
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Record ID: NARC-49D06E
Object type: AESTEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold ‘Aestel’ of Early Medieval date (AD 850-900). Ascribed culture: Anglo-Saxon. The object is composed of a globular/hemispherical body with domed upper surface and flat lower face. On the side of the dome is a projecting cylindrical socket. Both parts of the object are hollow. The upper surface is formed from an embossed sheet of gold, with the lower face consisting of a second, flat, sheet of gold, the two parts soldered together The domed surface and cylinder are extensively decorated with beaded filigree wire and granulated gold pellets. A b…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gretton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-ACA5BA
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete early medieval silver hooked tag, dating to the tenth to early eleventh century. The object comprises a triangular plate with a narrowed lower edge, raised collar with zoomorphic features and integral backward curved, pointed hook. The upper, wider horizontal edge is abraded and retains two circular apertures for attachment. The front of the plate is decorated with an outer linear border, within which are repeating raised pellets. Within the border is an incised symmetrical design of a curvilinear plant-like (floriated) motif with a long stem, with upward…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
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Record ID: NARC-AC65A0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description A complete wound wire gold Finger Ring of Early-Medieval date (AD 900-1100). The object is ascribed to the Saxon culture. The ring is formed of three thick lengths of circular-sectioned gold wire, which have been plaited to form the bezel and shoulders. The strands have been beaten together at their lower edge as can be seen in detail where they join to form a rectangular sectioned base to the hoop. The object is slightly distorted, likely due to post depositional processes, resulting in an ovate plan and a small fracture in the hoop.   Measurements: L…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
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Record ID: NARC-A8C8B5
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Two silver Early Medieval (Viking) Pennies found in close proximity.  1 A complete silver penny, St Eadmund type, Viking East Anglia, c. AD 895 - 917. Cross pattée reverse. Blundered reverse inscription, probably copying the moneyer Bosecin. North Vol I, p. 108, No 483 Obverse description: Chevron barred A with a group of four pellets in left and right fields Obverse inscription: +SC EADMVND REX I (S rotated 90 degrees) Reverse description: Cross pattée Reverse inscription: +BOMECN MONVS Die Axis: 6 Dimensions: Diameter: 19.30mm, Thickness…
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: NARC-EF8178
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete base silver Hooked Tag of Early-Medieval date (AD 800-900). The object is composed of a circular disk with incised Trewhiddle style decoration. From the upper end of the disc are two rounded drilled attachment lugs, both broken and now forming semi-circular spurs. From the tapered trefoil projection at the centre of the lower end of the disk is a small rectangular spur which terminates in a transverse break. This would have formed a recurved sharp hook. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with abstract Trewhiddle style interlace ornament, of degraded zoomorphic …
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2023
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Record ID: NARC-10F5B2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete silver strap-end of early medieval date. It is rectangular in form with rounded corners and a concavo-convex plan. The upper face of the object is convex. At one end is a flat rectangular flange with four circular rivet holes for attachment. The attachment end is recessed at the sides and front and has rounded upper edges. The corresponding projection from the back of the object is missing to a transverse break.   The upper surface is decorated with foliate design cast in relief. The design comprises a central cross with a diagonal cross overlaid and border…
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: NARC-209719
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A length of silver wire, in a wide U-shape. The wire is circular in section at each end, flattening and widening towards the mid-section to form a rectangular cross-section. Each end terminates in a loop with transverse breaks, possibly for fastening the object into a closed loop. There is no indication of decoration on the artefact.    Dimensions: Length (composite): 141.27mm Thickness (terminal): 1.59mm Thickness (mid-section): 1.22mm Width (of band): 3.24mm Weight: 3.6g Discussion: The precise identity of this artefact is unclear. The hooked terminals can be comp…
Created on: Monday 30th September 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-189F20
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval silver early penny (sceat) of Secondary Phase Series J (type 85) dating c.AD 710-25; probably minted in the Humber region (most likely north of the river Humber). Ref: Gannon 2013: 115-6, cf. Pl. 21 nos 474-7. Diameter: 12.63mm, Thickness: 1.74mm, Weight: 1.2g
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
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Record ID: NARC-06E2CB
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold and gemstone pendant, ovoid in plan. The pendant comprises a dark, flat-topped gem, possibly a garnet, set within a gold frame. The frame is composite, made from a sheet gold back-plate to which has been attached an upright gold strip. The junction with the back-plate is covered by a two-tier filigree collar, the upper tier being a single strand of beaded wire and the outer tier (forming the edge of the pendant) comprising a second beaded strand of wire which has smaller, more tightly grouped, beads than the lower wire. The gold strip surrounding the gem has been cut…
Created on: Wednesday 24th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-EDD691
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of middle Early-Medieval date (AD 720 - 850). The head is ovoid shaped with a slightly flattened median band and flat top. All surfaces are decorated with a punched ring and dot motif. There are 14 ring and dots which cover the entire surface of the pin head with one on approximately every facet of the object. At the base of the head is a single banded circumferential collar from which a circular cross-sectioned shaft extends terminating in a worn break. The metal has a dark green smooth patina. Length: 35.10mm, Width (pin head): 8.42mm, Diameter (…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
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Record ID: NARC-EDEF66
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver Pin of Early-Medieval date (AD 700-900). The object is composed of a slightly faceted, globular head (biconical with a median band) and separated from the shaft by a small collar. The shaft is circular in section and tapers in towards its terminating end to form a point. The shaft has been bent and is now fully recurved. This pin is of a type known to have been in use in the Middle Saxon period AD 700-900. See also East Anglian Archaeology 84 (1998), Fig 3, P 6, No. 3.17. BAR British Series 230 (1993), P 184, No 31.6. Dimensions: Diameter (head): 3.42mm, …
Created on: Monday 28th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
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Record ID: NARC-0FF365
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy Strap End of Early-Medieval date (AD 875-1100). The object is of openwork design in the Winchester style, with both zoomorphic and plant-scroll decoration. The object is U-shaped and moulded in the round, with a recessed flat end with three circular perforations equally spaced along it. The moulded decoration takes the form of two vertically-arranged birds, facing each other with a plant of three stems between. Each snout curves upwards to form the lower outer edge of the frame. The remaining central upper portion depicts the sub-ovate head of a serpent or b…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
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Record ID: NARC-87D452
Object type: SPACER BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold biconical bead of probable early medieval date. The bead comprises a single length of plain wire coiled into about 10 turns to form the body of the bead. The wire has a raised central rib creating a distinct stepped profile to the bead on the outside and is flattened on the inside. The lower end, which would have formed the centre of the bead, terminates in a rough break. The wire at the complete upper end is neatly tapered and smoothed down. The gold is noticeably pale in colour. Length: 9.02mm. Maximum Diameter: 8.12mm, Minimum Diameter: 4.69mm. Interna…
Created on: Friday 13th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: NARC-99297B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast gilded silver gilt mount of early medieval date. The mount comprises a rectangular plate, convex on the upper face, with a portion of one end missing due to an old break. The complete end has two circular perforations, one upper and one lower, one of which is partially missing along with the outer edge of the mount. The upper face retains a large amount of gilding and is decorated with an interlacing motif, unclear due to loss and wear but possibly zoomorphic in nature. The mount has a raised, linear outer border and there are five short transverse lines at the…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
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Record ID: NARC-22BBF5
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Silver Ingot, of possible Early-Medieval date (AD 800-1,000). The object is sub-ovate in shape with tapering rounded terminals. It has been cast in a shallow mould, possibly sandstone as there is a stipple pattern on both surfaces. The ingot has a possible cut mark at one end. There is nothing about this that is sufficiently diagnostic to date it more firmly Length: 44.13mm, Width: 19.32mm, Thickness: 9.18mm, Weight 34.4g. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database: SF-7AE585 - 2009T299 and DENO-CE6103 - 2007T193
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2017
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NARC-63FA58
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy annular brooch of quoit type, dating to the early Anglo-Saxon period (AD 470-570). The object is circular with a broad band and a flat rectangular cross-section, and a central perforation. It retains a small rectangular pin hole, visible from the back, now blocked with iron corrosion. Opposite this is a V-shaped notch within stops formed from a sub-rectangular raised border, decorated with two incised transverse lines. The brooch is decorated with an inner and an outer repeating incised short radiating linear borders both of which respect the edges and form …
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2017
Last updated: Sunday 29th March 2020
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Record ID: NARC-BD1E51
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold ring of EarlyMedieval date (AD 575-1000). The object comprises an annular ring formed from gold beaded wire. It is now slightly distorted and slightly worn. Gold beaded wire rings like this one are common components of decoration on a variety of early Anglo-Saxon objects including pendants (PAS database ESS-00D4F2), brooches (British Museum 1879,1013.1), mounts (PAS database SF-176F05, British Museum SF-176F05), swords (British Museum 2006,1001.1) and buckles (PAS database BH-5798B4). Typically they form the collars for settings (PAS database PAS-E9BEA3), rivets or …
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 7th October 2016
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Record ID: NARC-7E5766
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A hoard of three secondary sceattas, c. AD 720-750, probably minted in Frisia. The hoard is composed of three coins fused together leaving only the reverse of the upper and lower coins as the only visible surfaces. The upper coin is a silver sceat of Series E, variety (possibly type 53?) depicting a quilled crescent with triangular head, coiled right with an inner beaded crescent and annulet pellet, cross and right angle line within. The lower coin is a base silver sceat of Series E, Variety A depicting a quilled crescent coiled right with three lines within. The third coin is o…
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2020
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