Record ID: DENO-886BCC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete early medieval lead alloy brooch, dating to c. AD 1000 - 1100. Possible Weetch type 13. The obverse of the broch is flattened and the outer rim  is decorated with two circumferential bands of pellets, the outer is reversed and the inner raised. There is a single solid band below the boss made of transverse lines. The central boss is flat topped and decorated with remains of a single pellet. The reverse shows the remains of the two attachments, each parallel to the edge of the object.  Diameter 45.33 mm, thickness 4.19 mm and weight 41.83 g.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derbyshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-CC6B11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy ansate brooch of early medieval date, c. AD 600-700, corresponding to Weetch type VI. The brooch is symmetrical and arched in profile, with a flat, lozengiform terminal at either end. These terminals flare from the bow to wide and rounded mid-sections, before narrowing to rounded narrow points. These are decorated with linear and curvilinear grooves which are now somewhat obscured by a layer of surface corrosion. On the reverse, one projection retains two lugs for a hinged pin, and the other ter…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-A3EF54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy small-long brooch of early medieval date (Anglo-Saxon), c. AD 410-600. The object comprises the broken head plate and part of the upper bow. The head plate is rectangular in plan and in section. Its left arm terminates in an irregular break immediately beyond the head plate. Its right arm is almost complete but has irregular, worn outer edges. The upper terminal is worn so that it appears as a half-circle above the rectangular plate. The head plate may have been decorated with stamped or incised decoration, but this is&…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-E82177
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap end, possibly of early medieval date, with a moulded zoomorphic terminal (c. AD 900 - 1400). The strap end has a narrow, tapering plate, split to accommodate the strap and with a single rivet centrally placed at the rounded attachment edge still in situ. The upper surface of the plate appears to have incised decoration, now very abraded and indistinct, possibly a series of lozenges and lines. The upper plate has chamfered edges. The lower plate appears undecorated. It is corroded and has patches of glossy dark green patina. It is slightly chippe…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-53A9D3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval lead alloy cast spindle whorl, dating to c. AD 500 - 1000. The whorl is discoidal in shape and D-shaped in cross section. The central hole is circular with an internal diameter of 6.5 mm, which narrows to 5 mm. Both faces bear evidence of decoration with lines and pellets but are highly abraded, with some chipping along one edge. The whorl is light-grey in colour with brow mottling. There are slight dents and bends, probably post-depositional. Diameter 31 mm, thickness 4 mm and weight 27.9 g. This form fits into Walton Ro…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-535FA4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval lead alloy cast spindle whorl of cylindrical Walton Rogers form B, dating to c. AD 43 - 900. With a central moulded aperture of 8.2 mm in diameter. Bottom surface is slightly concave, upper surface rounded. Some asymmetry in thickness. The spindle hole size is compatible with a Roman or Anglo-Saxon date. Surfaces are undecorated and have a dusty white patina. Diameter 28 mm, thickness 13 mm and weight 2.09 g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-C2017D
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin of early medieval date, c. AD 750-850. The pin has a globular head with a slightly flattened top. It tapers gently to a simple circumferential moulded collar before the circular-sectioned shank. The shank ends in a smooth curve which may be an ancient break or a worn terminal corresponding to the original length of the pin. The pin corresponds to Flixborough type 111 or 131. The metal has a smooth mid-dark green patina. Length: 21.6 mm, width: 8.2 mm, thickness (shank): 2.2 mm and weight: 2.64 g.
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-D58A4B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded gilded copper alloy early medieval mount, dating to c. AD 500 - 600. The mount has a flat rectangular plate with tri-lobed projecting terminals at either end. The plate is corroded but has what appears to be a chip-carved zoomorphic motif of Salin style I. Within a raised border and between two columns or bars there are sinuous interlaced lines probably representing necks and limbs, but the corroded state of the plate makes identification of the design difficult. Traces of gilding remain on the front of the plate. The rear is undecorated with t…
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-42B216
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver early medieval penny (sceat) of series E (secondary) type dating to c. AD 700 - 760. Obverse: quilled crescent coiled over cross and two bars. Reverse: square standard with Ts around O, a pellet in each quarter. Diameter 11.6 mm, thickness 1.5 mm and weight 1.04 g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-5DB533
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy finger ring of probable Roman to early medieval date (c. AD 100 - 900). The hoop is broad and thick and flares to form a wide bezel which is decorated with numerous punched depressions. The overall effect is similar to that of early medieval finger rings such as that recorded as NMS-4F872C; however, on closer examination the decoration is not ring-and-dots, but simple hammered dots of varying size. There is no obvious weld or joint in the hoop, possibly the ring was cast as one object. The ring is complete but has been distorted into an elliptical…
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-80FCA9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-1066). Hammer Cross type, dating to c. AD 1059 - 1062. Uncertain moneyer, possibly York mint. North, volume I: 828. Diameter  18 mm, thickness 0.5 mm and weight 1.4 g.
Created on: Thursday 13th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-BFBAC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver penny of Archbishop Ceolnoth of Canterbury, (833-70), 'Inscribed Cross' type (aka 'Open Cross') dating to c.AD854-64, moneyer Hebeca, mint: Canterbury (North 245; Naismith C154). The coin is complete but cracked, the crack running along the line of the shoulders of the bust and the inner circle.  Obverse: Tonsured bust facing. Reverse: Inscribed cross, letter in each angle.  Diameter 19 mm, thickness 0.5 mm and weight 1.2 g.  Pennies of Archbishop Ceolnoth are very rare as stray finds and this is only the third recor…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-BCE4BD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval copper alloy tongue-shaped, relief-decorated strap end (c. AD 800 - 1000). The clear and reasonabily sharp, relief decoration is in the Winchester style, depicting beasts amongst foliage. The length and width suggests Thomas' (2004) Class E (FRG datasheet 33). One end is broken across its width and the other, although worn and chipped, still shows some evidence of the original curved end. The strap is  thick, with a plain inner surface. Length 54.8 mm, width 24.9 mm, thickness 4.4 mm and weight 30.44 g.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-91614D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medieval, Anglo-Saxon, copper alloy annular brooch, dating to c. AD 475 - 575. The frame is flat with a slightly chamfered edge on the inner and outer edges. The frame is circular, with a small constriction for the pin which is still in situ. The obverse is stamped with irregularly spaced ring and dot motifs. The reverse is plain. Similar to HAMP-1473BE. Diameter 19.1 mm, thickness 1.0 mm and weight 1.44 g.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-147931
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast lead spindle whorl, of Walton Rogers type C, dating c. AD 1100 - 1500. The spindle whorl is rounded bi-conical in shape with rounded edges and surfaces, and a circular perforation through the centre. There is very worn indistinct moulded linear decoration on the surfaces. The diameter of the perforation is 10.4 mm. The entire object is worn. The surface patina is light cream with patchy areas of light grey. Diameter 26.97 mm, width 9.08 mm and weight 30.09 g.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-13E935
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy spindle whorl of early medieval to medieval date, c. AD 1000-1300, corresponding to Walton Rogers type B. The spindle whorl is annular in plan, with a central aperture c. 9.2 mm in diamter, and rectangular in section. The surfaces of the whorl are undecorated. The object has a powdery pale cream-coloured patina. Diameter: 28.49 mm, thickness: 5.23 mm and weight: 23.62 g. 
Created on: Friday 13th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: DENO-FF32AD
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: City of Derby
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy spindle whorl of probably early medieval to medieval date, c. AD 1100-1600, corresponding to Walton Rogers type A1. The object is annular in plan and plano convex in section. It has a well formed central circular perforation measuring c. 8 mm diameter, filled with compacted soil. The upper, conical surface is irregularly shaped and sloped so that one side is lower than the the other. The metal's surface is pitted and abraded, and has a powdery pale cream-coloured patina.  Diameter: 36.2 mm, thicknes…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-9EACA6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy sword or dagger pommel dating to the period c. AD 900-1100. The pommel is broadly triangular in shape and is of lobed form, with a hollow interior. The base curves upwards towards the outer edges. The pommel is divided into five lobes, increasing in size from the edges to the centre, each separated from its neighbour by a groove. One outer lobe is damaged as is the apex of the central lobe. Record DEV-AB1C91 describes a very similar object, identified as of English origin (Davidson 1962, 55-6), but called '…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-F8079D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy cruciform brooch of early medieval date, c. AD 500-600. The remaining part of the brooch comprises the head of the brooch; the bow, foot, and pin have broken off and are no longer present. The central panel is thin and sub-square in plan with wings extending out from either side after narrow grooves. The left wing is broken in an old worn vertical break just beyond the central panel, and the right wing is broken in a roughly horizontal break, extending out further at the top of the wing than at the bottom. Just below the central panel…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: DENO-F67AC1
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy bridle bit (bit link) of early medieval (late Saxon) date, c. AD 1000-1100. The link has a knobbed lozenge-shaped loop with sub-oval aperture at one end. At the other end is a sub-oval-shaped loop with sub-oval aperture; this loop is broken in old, worn breaks, with its outer quarter circumference missing. The connecting bar between these loops swells to a globular boss immediately before the oval loop. The reverse is mostly flat, except for a small, shallow hollow below the connecting bar, corresponding to the are…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-F647B8
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy bridle bit (bit link) of early medieval (late Saxon) date, c. AD 1000-1100. The link has a knobbed lozenge-shaped loop with sub-oval aperture at one end, and a sub-oval-shaped loop with sub-oval aperture at the other end. The connecting bar between these loops swells to a globular boss before the oval loop. The metal's surface has a smooth, mid-brown patina. Length: 53.1 mm, width (across knobbed loop): 20.2 mm, thickness (at the boss): 6.7 mm. and weight: 11.3 g.  A similar example can be seen in Will…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-CC0FA7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small lead weight or possible spindle whorl. Walton Rogers form A1 or A2. Probably dating from the early medieval period, c. AD 500 - 850. It is conical in form, although dented and distorted. The circular central perforation is 5 mm in diameter. There are gouges on the surface, it is not certain if these are related to use or post-depositional damage. Diameter 19.58 mm, width 12.23 mm and weight 21.54 g. 
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-3D064A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cruciform bow brooch (c. AD 420 - 475). The head has an integrally cast half-round top knop. The head plate is sub-rectangular and has no wings or side-knops. The bow is deeply curved with a concave back surface, creating a V-shaped cross section. A series of incised lines separate the bow from the head and foot. The foot is worn but appears to be zoomorphic in design, with moulded, protruding eyes and a long snout, resembling a horse or dragon head. The reverse of the brooch has the remains of a catchplate. The pin…
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2022
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-C5B53A
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy object, possibly part of a stirrup mount, possibly of Anglo-Scandinavian date (c. AD 900 - 1100). The object takes the form of a semi-cylindrical sheath with a convex exterior. The decoration is zoomorphic, possibly representing a wolf or dog head. Identification as a stirrup mount is based on similarity to other objects recorded on this database; SUR-7DD050, KENT-70A4C2 and SUR-51D12B. Length 23.5 mm, width 11.4 mm, thickness 2 mm and weight 3.3 g. 
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2022
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-C53C4A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin fragment of probable early medieval, middle-Saxon date (c. AD 800 - 850). Cast polyhedral pin head, dodecahedron shape. The shank is broken very close to head, but there appears to be the remains of a collar. A stamped ring and dot of 1mm diameter is set on each of flat side facets of the head. Flixborough Type 231. Length 10.29 mm, width 6.4 mm and weight 1.2 g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2022
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-0CACB8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval silver sceat, standard series E, variety K, dating to c. AD 680 - 710. North 48 / 49 degraded bust / bird with pellets, standard on reverse with lines of pellets. CF Abramson: Quilled Figures, Sub-Group 5 Quilled bird. Diameter 11.18 mm , thickness 2 mm and weight 0.7 g.
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-E185C3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap end of early medieval date, c. AD 750 - 900. The object comprises of a folded sheet of copper alloy, worn and abraded, in a blunt triangular shape. The upper surface is decorated in a possibly zoomorphic, interlaced pattern. Borre style, Thomas class E type 4. The reverse appears undecorated. Some debris appears between the folded metal.  Width 16.62 mm, length 24.17 mm, thickness 2.75 mm and weight 3.3 g.
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-D76123
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone bead or button of possible early medieval date (c. AD 475 - 800). The object is a disc with one flat face and one convex. The convex side shows peck marks and other signs of working, the flat side is smooth. There is a neatly drilled central perforation, circular, 2 mm diameter. There is green staining around the central perforation, probably from a copper alloy attachment rivet or loop.  Diameter 13 mm, thickness 3 mm and weight 0.5 g. A similar object is described in record KENT-A85FA5. A similar bead was recovered from a sunken feature building at t…
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-F46FB5
Object type: STUD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval gold circular stud or mount with a domed cloisonné garnet setting. The object has a sheet gold back plate with a folded gold sheet attached which may have formed a loop. The back plate is framed by a plaited wire collar with 26 beaded annulets within the thick outer collar. There is then a thinner inner twisted collar consisting of two strands of gold wire twisted around one another and one further beaded gold wire. The central domed circular setting has an outer strip bent inwards to retain the garnets. Within this are four gold cell walls, three of the cells …
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-605AF2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap end of early medieval to medieval date, c. 11th century AD, corresponding to to Thomas class B, zoomorphic terminal, possibly type 6. The strap end is of composite construction, comprising a central cast plate which is trapezoidal in plan and U-shape in section. It constricts into concave shoulders from which emerge a moulded terminal knop in the form of a zoomorphic head; although the type of beast is uncertain, the moulded head is well-defined with distinct ears, eyes and muzzle. The eyes and ear recesses appear drilled and may …
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-F7433B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin of early medieval date, c. AD 720-850. The pin head is globular. A layer of corrosion covering the metal's surface makes it difficult to discern any possible decoration, although there appear to be possible pellets and dimples, or a very corroded 'wrythen' pattern on the pin head. Behind the head, a sub-rectangular-sectioned shank extends. It tapers slightly befor terminating in an old, worn break c. 14 mm. from the base of the pin head. The metal has a rough mid-dark green patina. Length: 19.98 mm, dia…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-808564
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy openwork strap end formed from a folded sheet of copper alloy (c. AD 900 - 1100). The sides are parallel, the open (riveted) end is rectangular, the fold end abruptly narrows to two hinge strips, creating a blunt tongue-shape. The rear plate is undecorated and has two 1 mm drilled rivet holes with counterparts on the front plate. The front plate has openwork decoration reminiscent of the Winchester style (Thomas class E , dated 10th - 11th Century). There are traces of gilding along with a reddish brown patina Thomas describes as characteristic of the …
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-27D59A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper alloy cruciform brooch, dating to the c. AD 550-600. The fragment consists of the headplate and a short extension of the bow. The headplate is wide and rectangular with small, integrally-cast half-round knops at the centre of either side and top edge. These knops have narrowed waists and collars, and shallow hollow cavities on the brooch's reverse. The obverse face of the the headplate is decorated with a set of vertical mouldings on the outer thirds: a shallow concave line to the inside and a line of co…
Created on: Monday 15th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-935E62
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy late early medieval open-work stirrup-strap mount, dating to c. AD 1000 - 1100. Williams class A type 2. The mount is lozenge-shaped with a circular terminal at its point, this has a central circular perforation 2 mm in diameter. The horizontal base folds to the reverse of the mount to form an L-shape, and has a similar cental perforation. The central frame is rectangular in cross-section. Within the lozenge-shaped frame is a central diagonal cross that encloses four lozenge-shaped apertures. This frame has a series of raised knops, 3 mm…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-925F2F
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval pyramidal mount, possibly from a sword scabbard, dating to the mid-sixth to seventh century. The mount is hollow, and pyramid shaped with a square base and four trapezoidal sides. An integral rectangular bar would have run transversely across the base; however, the bar has since become detached and was found as a separate piece. The apex is flat with an empty cell, which likely held a decorative setting which is now missing. Each face is decorated with the same motif in shallow relief: an incised ring and dot motif with a trapezoidal border of incised parallel lines. …
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Saturday 3rd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clipstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-61B957
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 An early medieval Northumbrian Styca possibly of Aethelred II (c. AD 840 - 844). Possibly not from an official mint. Some letters appear retrograde. Both faces show a cross with pelleted border. Moneyer possibly Eanred. North 187/8 Diameter 12.5 mm, thickness 1 mm and weight 0.5 g
Created on: Monday 6th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-C47304
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, copper alloy pin of probably early medieval date (AD 700-900). The object is composed of a globular head with a slightly flattened top, where the tip of the shaft is visible. The head is decorated with a incised design spiralling down it. This decoration was formally known as ‘wrythen-headed' decoration. At the base of the head is a single banded circumferential collar from which a circular-sectioned shaft extends. The shaft is complete, almost straight and tapers down to a point. Length 55.8mm, width 3.9mm and weight 1.76g.
Created on: Monday 12th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-C43A21
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver zoomorphic strap end, of early medieval date (c. AD 800 - 925). The decorative detail is similar to a Thomas class A, type 1 style strap end. The strap end is flat and is sub rectangular with an old break at one end; the split end is missing as is the decorative panel which is common with this type. The decoration on the face was roughly incised with a chisel. It has a moulded zoomorphic terminal, representing an animal head with large round ears and circular eye sockets, one of which still holds a clear stone or crystal. The rounded snout is decorated with two cir…
Created on: Monday 12th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hognaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-9E3288
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early medieval disc-headed pin, dating to c. AD 700 - 900. The head and part of the shaft survive, in reasonable condition, but have been at some point coated in a thick black substance, possibly enamel paint. The copper alloy surface shows in a few places. The head is flat and circular with decoration on one face. The circumference is corroded and chipped, especially around the upper edge. The decoration consists of a cross with narrow arms, which join a circumferential line, part of which is lost to corrosion. In each of the quarters created by the cro…
Created on: Monday 28th June 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-080765
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval cast lead spindle whorl, plano-convex, D-shaped in cross-section. (Walton-Rodgers type A1) dating to c. AD 500 - 1000. The object has smooth white patina, some dents on the upper surface probably post-depositional. Little sign of wear on edges or central perforation. Diameter 34 mm, thickness 7 mm, central perforation is 7 mm in diameter and weight 54.2 g.
Created on: Monday 21st June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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