Record ID: IOW-F7E287
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete glass bead, circular in plan and sub-oval in cross-section. Coloured light green when held to the light, translucent with sub-circular opaque buff (tinged with green) 'spots'. It is possible that the bead may date to the Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. However, this is uncertain. Maximum diameter:19.1mm; thickness: 10.7mm. Weight: 5.43g.
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F54931
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a penny of Aethelred II, crux type, c 991-997. North no 770-772. Moneyer Osmund/Eadmund, mint unknown
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 27th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F4C504
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of lead alloy in the shape of a triangular pyramid which could possibly be a gaming piece or a lead weight. It may date from the Early Medieval period. It has a rounded apex and rounded corners. The lead has a thick patina which is white in colour. It has a length of 23.75mm, width 23.36mm, thickness 16.93mm, weight 52.09g. For other possible weights or gaming pieces see Biggs and Withers 2000. Lead Weights. The David Rogers collection p. 31 no: 70.
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th July 2014
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Record ID: ESS-F272C2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) damaged and incomplete cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. The headplate is square with worn breaks to either side, where the wings would have been located. The apex of the head has an integrally cast knop with a half-cylindrical base with three grooves visible on one side, a narrowed waste with concave sides, and terminating in a half rounded terminal (effectively one quarter of a sphere). The knop is slightly distorted and is leaning towards the front of the headplate at a 60 degree angle. The reverse of the headplate has an integrally cast lug for…
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 3rd June 2010
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Record ID: SUSS-F15A33
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (middle Anglo-Saxon, c.720-850 AD) cast copper alloy pin. The head of the pin is polyhedral, taking the form of a cuboid with truncated corners; it is 7.9mm tall and 6.9mm in width and thickness. The sides appear to be undecorated. There is a slight, broad collar (1.7mm wide) at the joint between the head and the shaft. The shaft is circular in section (1.9mm in diameter below the head) with a slight swelling two thirds of the way down below which it tapers to the point. The shaft is bent at c.180 degrees about a third of the way down and at 90 degrees jest before the…
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-F092A5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy cruciform brooch dating 5th - 6th century. The head-plate and part of the bow remain; the lower bow, foot, pin and one of the side-knobs are missing. The top-knob has been cast in one with the brooch. It has been moulded three-dimensionally with a domed head and collar. The side-knobs are applied (one is missing) and it is slightly larger than the top-knob. The side-knob is attached via an iron axis bar which passes through the hinge for the pin and passes through the length of the side-knob. The trapezoid head-plate has two smal…
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th May 2014
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Record ID: LON-F08475
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy small-long brooch, dating 5th - 6th century. The brooch has a head-plate trefoil around a central square; meaning there is a semi-circular projection from the head and both sides of the central square. This central square is decorated with a row of stamped motifs around the head and both sides of the central square. The motifs comprise a double stamp of two concentric curved lines - incomplete crescents. On the reverse of the head plate is an incomplete single perforated hinge. There are tiny traces of iron corrosion remaini…
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 14th May 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-F075E4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy D shaped buckle with a copper alloy riveted sheet plate. The terminals of the buckle are stylised zoomorphic, animal biting bar type. The copper alloy plate is rectangular and is not recessed to accommodate the buckle frame. It has 2 rivets still in place. A third hole near the frame contains the remains of the pin. The buckle dates from the early medieval period, probably the 10th - 11th century. For reference see YORYM-023A40 on the PAS database. This example does not have the attached plate. Also see number 312 in the Meols catalogue.
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2017
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Record ID: LON-EFED41
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Roman - Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) cast copper alloy object, possibly a buckle or a linking ring from a girdle hanger, 5th - 6th century. The find consists of the moulded copper alloy arch that would have been looped over a belt or girdle, with a decorative hanger suspended from the loop at the end of each arm. The arch has been cast in an irregular triangle section, with a flat back and base and a moulded outer face. At the centre of the outer face are two equally-space face masks, each with a pair of concave round eyes and a concave vertically scored mouth. The …
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 19th October 2010
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Record ID: SF-EEBB40
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy hooked tag of Early-Medieval date, Read's Class A Type 2. It has a flat sub-circular plate that tapers slightly towards the integral hook and has two circular sewing holes. The integral hook is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face, and folds backwards to a sharp point. The entire object is undecorated and has a mid green patina. It measures 17.30mm in length, 11.24mm in width at plate, 0.64mm in thickness at plate, and weighs 0.45g. This is an Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon hooked tag, the flat sub-circular plate with two sewing holes in…
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th April 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sudbourne', grid reference and parish protected.