Record ID: LEIC-6CB16A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy gilded mount, c. 28mm long and 32mm wide. The object is in poor condition with an irregular edge and is sub triangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It appears to be incomplete probably broken across its narrower straight edge. From there the objects sides widen outwards and terminate in a curved outer edge, giving it an axe shape. It is decorated all over with style II interlace, formed of three bands and heavily knotted. It has patches of a solid gilded border along two edges. Its reverse houses three short, circular cross sectioned prongs …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-705DCA
Object type: COMB
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval copper alloy comb, 107 mm long, 22 mm wide and 1 mm thick with a weight of 10.05g. The object is sub-rectangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It consists of a solid sub rectangular plate with a curved/bowed upper surface and rounded ends. One end is intact and has a small circular hole, 2 mm in diameter, centrally placed. The other end is damaged but appears to only be missing a small area and part of a second circular hole may be visible at the centre of the break. The object is decorated on this upper edge on both sides with a solid double incised b…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton Cheney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9E82B3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy strap end, 30mm long, 9mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 3.20g. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section. It consists of a flat triangular shaped plate which has a flat upper edge with a large, centrally placed, circular hole just below. Halfway down this plate there is a step across the object at an angle, suggesting this is an old break and would have formed a second triangular plate to hold the belt/strap. The rest of the object has a semi-circular cross section and a sub triangular shape forming an animal head…
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-7A6A7C
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) copper alloy stirrup strap mount, 39mm long, 24mm wide and 10mm thick (including the lip) with a weigh of 19.04g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section. It has an upper surface formed of a central rounded projection, flanked by a dip and then a rounded terminal. Below the central projection is a circular fixing hole. Each side has two rounded recesses flanking two small rounded projections and the base is flat with a sub rectangular lip projecting from its reverse which has a, now filled, circular attachment hole. The decoration i…
Created on: Monday 17th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-917DEC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy Borre style buckle, 30mm long, 23mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 3.35g. The object consists of an oval loop with a circular cross section. This has an elongated triangular pin rest in the form of an animal head. This has a pointed snout, rounded head with rounded upwards pointing ears which merge into the buckle loop and flank a triangular recess designed to house the pin, now missing. At the opposite side there are two short sub rectangular cross sectioned shafts, c. 6mm apart which project outwards c 5mm. These have now incomplete looped ter…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Earl Shilton', grid reference and parish protected.

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
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Record ID: LEIC-9A2DCB
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, 23 mm in diameter, 6 mm thick and weighing 8.74g. The object is roughly circular in form and a shallow D shape in cross section. It has a central circular hole 4 mm in diameter. The form of the object suggests it could be a poorly made spindle whorl which would match Walton Rogers form A1, but the hole is quite small so perhaps a flat wight is a more probable identification?
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-867E87
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval ? Medieval ? silver buckle component, 16mm long, 15mm wide and 1mm thick at plate (3.5 mm thick at hinge) with a weight of 2.05g. The object is sub triangular in from and rectangular in cross section. It has three small holes in a triangular formation, in the triangular plate, 2mm in diameter. At each end of its flat edge it has two rectangular projections which have been folded over to form a hinge. This is filled with a circular cross sectioned silver bar.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-66E5DE
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
early medieval copper alloy pin, 28mm long, 2mm in diamater (at shaft) and weighing 2.36g. The pin has an ovoid shaped head with a flat top, 8mm long and 7mm in diamater which is decorated all over with dot in incised ring motifs. The head sits on a rounded collar above the shaft which is partly intact. The pin is similar to SWYOR-2FFE70, SF-E19596 and NLM-66889C and to Flixborough type 131.
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-2A970B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a silver object, probably originally a disc-shaped pendant. The fragment comprises a piece of silver sheet with no intact edge, decorated with repousse ornament creating five radiating lines of dots which converge in the centre of the fragment. The decoration upon this fragment, its form and its association with a grave assemblage suggests it could derive from a silver sheet disc-shaped or 'scutiform' pendant, similar to those illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick (1993) figs. 25.3-5, p. 162. Scutiform pendants are usually found in grave contexts, and several are now reco…
Created on: Monday 19th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Leics', grid reference and parish protected.