Record ID: LEIC-9A9B64
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 34mm long 12mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 5.72g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and forms the upper part of the bow of a cruciform or small long brooch and consists of one half which is plain and has a bowed form with a rounded upper surface. The second half is flat and rectangular with slight traces of probable lappets to each side. The reverse of this houses a centrally placed, sub rectangular catch plate.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-45196F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment? c. 31mm long and 9mm wide, with a weight of 2.73g. The object is rectangular in form and sub rectangular in cross section. It appears to be the foot of a brooch, possiblay a small long or perhaps an unsual equal armed type? The object is made up of a rectangular shaped terminal, whose upper portion has a rounded upper surface, formed of two transverse collar like projections. These sit above two sub spherical projections, possibly eyes? In between these and running down to the end of the object, are two linear depressions, slightly t…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-0801DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval? copper alloy brooch or mount, 23mm long, 22mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 1.92g. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section and is incomplete. It appears it would have been circularoriginally and has a central circular hole, 2-3mm in diameter in its centre. Around this is a plain raiosed central cross motif and in each 'quarter' there is a raised triangular motif sitting in the part nearest the cross. This then becomes a short raised line before bifurcating and forming a swirl to each side. The upper edge (as shown) is the only intact edge and h…
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-EFB80B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy small long brooch , 36mm long, 31mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 10.8g. The brooch has a rectangular shaped flat head plate which is missing part of its edge. What is present has a straight edge and is pierced with a row of circular holes, contained within a solid recessed border which has a rounded ridge in its centre, decorated with transverse incisions. The centre of the upper edge has a rectangular shaped and circular cross sectioned projection. This has four narrow ridges at its base with a waisted central area above. Next are two more ridges…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peterborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-36241D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval (Scandinavian) Quidenham type copper alloy gilded disc brooch, 26mm in diameter, 3mm thick and weighing 8.08g. The brooch is circular in form and sub rectangular in cross section. It has a slightly dished surface and is decorated with an outer raised border, 2mm wide, which has a gilded linear recess in its centre. Inside this are two opposing 'S' shaped Jellinge-style animals arranged around a slight central boss, 2mm in diameter. Each beast is a sub figure of 8 shape. Each head is very slightly different, but it appears to have a gaping mouth with a jaw placed ei…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Sunday 1st August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-55F341
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch fragment, c50mm in diameter and 5mm thick. The object consists of just over half an penannular brooch which has a flat sub rectangular terminal with a slight collar at its end and a prominent collar where it joins the circular? cross sectioned shaft. This has a patch of iron corrosion attached to it from a now missing pin. The form of the terminal suggests Fowler? type H.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 28th September 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-B56088
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy and enamel disc brooch fragment, 23mm in diameter and weighing 3 grams. The object is the front plate of a circular brooch and is decorated in cloisonne enamel cells. It has four 'kidney' or scroll shaped cells arranged back to back in the centre which contains a central cell of red enamel. The 'kidney' shaped cells are coloured thus, 2 green, 1 blue and 1 yellow. Outside of this there is a field of blue with four 'comma' shaped cells filled with white enamel at the cardinal points. The wide end sits at the outside edge, with the pointed end fitting into…
Created on: Tuesday 4th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-88A379
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 59mm long, 45mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 25.68grams. The object is a foot plate from a square headed brooch. It is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It has a straight upper edge (the middle of an extant brooch) below which are two circular depressions with raised semi-spheres inside. Below this is a central ridge which starts with tapering horizontal ridges then runs down the centre of the object. This bifurctaes, and has a second raised line under it, and runs to the lower sides, ending at the point where the sides be…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-883DEE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy possible mount or probable strip brooch, 55mm long, 33mm wide and 1mm thick, with a weight of 5.77g. Flat and lozengiform, it is difficult to identify as it is damaged and missing much of its edge The surviving part (at one end) has a narrow undecorated border around a lozengiform panel which fills this end, decorated with a cruciform motif formed of a relief voided cross with raised rectangular motifs surrounding each arm. Below this in the apex is a small circular fixing hole. This pattern is possibly repeated at the other end, but this is damaged. There …
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-881983
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval Cruciform brooch, 37mm long, 27mm wide and 11mm thick, with a weight of 10.16grams. The upper part of the brooch is present with a rectangular head plate with a rounded pin lug in the centre of its reverse. It is decorated with a row of triangular stamps running down each edge. flanking this are recessed rectangular projections with a semi-circular cut out on there lower edge where it joins the head plate. This also has triangular stamps, running down the stepped edge. The upper part of the bow is curved and has a rounded surface. It is plain and has snapped where it b…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-A13A55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 25mm long, 14mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 4.92grams. The object is the central bow section of a cruciform or similar brooch, and is sub-rectangular in form and cross section. It has a curved form and cross section, which almost forms a ridge its upper centre. Either side of this are raised rectangular sections with double incised lines running across it.
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peckleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-91B851
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval great square headed brooch fragments (4), The largest fragment is that of a head plate and has an irregular form, missing all its edges. It has a central rectangular motif formed of incised lines. This has a row of three oval incised motifs above, and this is contained by a ladder like border of two vertical incised lines with transverse lines. beyond this the object only has part of its side decoration, consisting of 'squares' formed of incised lines of different alignment. In the top right there are two incomplete circular holes, suggesting at least some of the pla…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HARBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-20F384
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch, 35mm long, 19mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 3.96 grams. The object consists of most of a cruciform brooch with a curved plain bow, missing its foot. It has a plain rectangular head plate which has a semi-circular incomplete loop in the centre of its reverse. To one side of this is are the now triangular remains of a side plate, now damaged, but possibly stepped.
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-30B5F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval cloisonne brooch fragment, 17mm in diameter, 4mm thick and weighing 2.04 grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section and represents the central enamel portion of a brooch with the base plate intact. The enamel is divided into four semi-circular cells arranged around the edge, containing a smaller cell of the same form. These are filled alternately with blue and white enamel. The centre of the brooch has a small circular cell filled with yellow enamel and the rest of the field is dark blue and is cruciform. The circular copper alloy base plate …
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-E51A11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an early medieval cast gilded silver radiate-headed brooch. The fragment comprises one of the knobs originally attached to the head-plate, in the form of a stylised animal mask. It is sub-rectangular in form and semi-circular in cross section, with a hollow underside. The flat end is semi-circular, with a semi-circular hole cut out of the centre of its straight edge. Below this is the animal mask, with exaggerated raised brows that converge in a central V-shape from which protrudes a central line, which runs down the snout to terminate in a raised semi-spherical pellet. The…
Created on: Friday 2nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6FD974
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval square headed brooch, 60mm long, 47mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 33.02grams. The object consists of a rectangular head plate, now damaged, which has an incised 'ladder' border which encloses a series of concentric rectangles with a central incised spiral. Below this the bow emerges and is slghtly curved with a solid incised line running down its centre and along each edge, with possible further decoration. All of the decoration is gilded. The reverse of the headplate contains the remains of two centrally placed semi-circular lugs. The object appears to be…
Created on: Friday 21st August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 3rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-6F9B05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (late Saxon) gilded copper alloy cloisonné disc brooch fragment, dating from AD 950-1150., 25mm in diameter and 4mm thick with a weight of 2.86 grams. The object is circular in form and rectangular in cross section. It represents the frame and back of a brooch. The object has a circular recess formed by a solid border sitting on a back plate with 6 rounded projections (one missing, two damaged), evenly spaced around its circumference. The reverse contains an almost circular pin fitting sitting on a rectangular plate. This corresponds to a small catchplate sitting near …
Created on: Friday 21st August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-6F7AAB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy cruciform brooch terminal, 41mm long, 14mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 10.34grams. The object consists of the lower part of a cruciform brooch and is rectangular in form and cross section. It is decorated on the upper surface with a single horizontal band of 'dashes' which sits below a raised plate with a border formed of semi circular punch marks. Below this is a plain section and then a section formed of seven raised horizontal bands. The lower part tapers in width and forms an animal head. It begins with two incised chevrons sitting above bulging…
Created on: Friday 21st August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-30836C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy brooch fragment, 36mm long, 34mm wide, 2mm thick and weighing 17.48grams. The object forms the central part of a broochs headplate and is decorated with six discreet areas of decoration. Two thirds of the surface are taken up by three panels seperated by a raised solid border. The central one being filled with interlacing raised curved motifs. Below this the object has a central raised rectangular border flanked by two raised sub-triangular motifs sitting nest to fragments of raised rounded motifs. The reverse of the object has a central ridge, 8mm high, r…
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-0BFA74
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy rectangular brooch. The object is incomplete, missing parts of its solid raised border. Inside this is a Mammen style bird with a rounded elongated body which narrows into a long thin neck, its head with a projecting lappet, resting on its chest. There is a large foot projecting forwards into the lower right corner and its two wings emerge from its back, cross over each other and are restrained by a double contoured tendril, eminating from the back of the head and looping around the wings and terminating just behind the head. The object…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
No spatial data available.